Originally Posted by bobdolerson

My sophomore year, I got a C in bio, physics and inorganic chem parts 1, A C in bio part 2 with Bs in the other part 2s.

They take into account a lot of things when looking at a GPA.

Those were the lowest grades I had in my tenure, and I had a pretty good health-related reason. After those, I didn't make below an A in a science again, and I had a lot of math my first year to boost those up as well.

It will always look better to take a new hard (ideally harder) class instead of retaking the old one. Well....yeah....you'd better be able to get an A when you're on your second helping.

Doing well in a new class shows the ability to perform academically, and the motivation to work (it doesn't take nearly as much work to grab an A in a second time around class...).

If you want to boost your GPA, do it with upper level sciences. Take note, though...be sure you actually boost it.