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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not really about overall GPA because they don't care about your grades in unrelated classes at all. [/quote] Not true, actually (department chair). Very low grades in non-major courses can show not only skill gaps, but also an unwillingness to work hard at that which is more difficult or uninteresting. Also, someone who wants access to the highest levels of scholarship but demonstrably does not value the chance to learn (or at least the obligation to be responsible) in a non-major context might not fit in well in graduate school, where you have to be willing and able to do a lot of things you might not personally care about or be interested in. I'm not talking here about a kid with As in the major and Bs in other courses - we sometimes see applications from candidates with A minuses and Bs in the major and Cs and Ds (and even Fs) in some of the other courses. Needless to say, we are not excited about that.[/quote]
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