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How will post baccalaureate coursework apply to my previous GPA?

I am graduating from colllege this December, and I took a class last semester and got a D in it. I wanted to take it over to increase my GPA before I graduate (so that it will look good on my transcript) but my advisor said not to worry about it now, just to come back post baccalaureate and take it again. Cool, but how will if affect my GPA? Will it replace the grade on my transcript or be recalculated in some way?

Public Comments

1. Depends on the school. Look it up in the school policy booklet (that thick, fine-printed thing they gave you when you started that nobody else read either). Or ask someone in the administration office, the ones who handle the transcripts and "gradey" things. By the way, very few jobs are going to look closely at your GPA, let alone individual grades. The ones that are really anal about grades will get bent about A minus's. If you let yourself get a D, I'm guessing there were also some B's and C's in your college career. Sure, they'll look at your overall just to make sure your not a total jag off slacker, but grades don't matter that much in the real world. And after a couple years they mean even less.