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Ideas Wrote:Can you tell me if this "waters down" my transcript? I mean, if a grad school saw these classes, wouldn't they believe I was scared of taking the more advanced math classes? Or they would see that my calculus credit was so old, and then I started up with Beginning Algebra? I may still follow some kind of hard science path where they look that. I feel they would look at it in other paths too.
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If you are applying to a hyper competitive admissions grad school, you'll need to look big-picture. That means a whole pile of criteria above and beyond your question. The other 99% of grad schools want your degree to be accredited, meet all prereqs, high enough GPA, letters of rec, entrance exams (if required), and oh yeah- you'll need money. Maybe I should have mentioned needing money first lol. Grad schools, and most undergrad schools, are competing with each other for the student's dollars. It is truly a buyer's market. The "watering down" you fear may be a factor for med school applications, but if you're pursuing any vanilla MBA or the like, it's completely unnecessary worrying.
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cookderosa Wrote:If you are applying to a hyper competitive admissions grad school, you'll need to look big-picture. That means a whole pile of criteria above and beyond your question. The other 99% of grad schools want your degree to be accredited, meet all prereqs, high enough GPA, letters of rec, entrance exams (if required), and oh yeah- you'll need money. Maybe I should have mentioned needing money first lol. Grad schools, and most undergrad schools, are competing with each other for the student's dollars. It is truly a buyer's market. The "watering down" you fear may be a factor for med school applications, but if you're pursuing any vanilla MBA or the like, it's completely unnecessary worrying.
In regards to the Aleks courses, I made up my mind
But I am very interested in general in the topic of grad school admissions, so thanks for this info. I figure I have little chance for the competitive programs, but I'll read more on this. I don't want to limit myself much more, if possible.
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