What is the impact of one poor grade?

Graduate School
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<p>I'm a political science major and considering grad school. I'm in middle of taking a summer geology class, and it isn't going so well. I have my final on Monday, but it's really hard for me to imagine getting above a B+ at this point. I've always been miserable in the natural sciences, but this was a required course. Will this hurt my graduate admissions application to top schools? I already have an A- in a foreign language class and one W for a history class (though I believe one W is typically overlooked.)</p>

<p>I'd appreciate any input.</p>

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<p>If you have one B+ as your lowest grade, I don’t think you have much to worry about in that area. As long as your overall GPA is good and you’ve done well in your poli sci classes, your grades probably won’t be an issue.
With a good research background and letters of recommendation, I can’t imagine any school would turn you down just for a B+ in geology.</p>