What do graduate schools look at in admissions?

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John asked:


I’m currently in my second year in college and am majoring in biology. However, I got two C’s in chemistry. I heard that graduate schools won’t accept C grades and that they will separate your science course grades from your general education courses and calculate a GPA from there. Also, in addition to GPA, what else do schools look at?

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      June 16th, 2010 at 6:14 am

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      June 18th, 2010 at 4:50 am

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