I'm going to a community college for 2 semesters, and then I plan on transferring to a 4-year university. I'm majoring in Biology. I've been out of HS for a few years so I completely forgot/underestimated how much time is needed for school work, but I learned now.
I took 3 classes in my 1st semester that just ended, and got A's in 2 classes (English and a random course that's required for all new freshmen), but I got a B in Biology 1. I also work full time, so I used a lot of my free time resting or relaxing, or doing other things I had to do. My bio professor was very laid back and allowed assignments to be late as long as they were completed by the end of the semester. I know I could have completed them if I pushed myself harder throughout the semester instead of waiting last minute to do them, but I ran out of time and got a B. If I would have finished my assignments, I would have gotten an A+. I definetly learned my lesson and will never do that again.
I'm wanting to transfer into a good and competitive university where I live, and they aren't ivy league but their average accepted applicant GPA is 3.8, which is pretty much the same as average accepted applicants to ivy league schools. I will also be doing other things to make my application more competitive by doing volunteer work, joining the honors society at my school, etc.
At the moment, I have to choose between taking Biology 2 for my next semester before transferring, or take Chemistry 1 (I plan on taking other classes in the spring semester too, but the Bio-2 and Chem-1 class times conflict with eachother for the professors I want)
So my question is, since I'm majoring in Biology, will it look bad that I got a B in that class when I apply to transfer, even if all the other classes are/will be A's?
If it looks bad, should I take Biology 2 in my next semester before I apply to transfer to make up for the B I got in Biology 1?
Or should/can I take Chemistry 1 next?
I took 3 classes in my 1st semester that just ended, and got A's in 2 classes (English and a random course that's required for all new freshmen), but I got a B in Biology 1. I also work full time, so I used a lot of my free time resting or relaxing, or doing other things I had to do. My bio professor was very laid back and allowed assignments to be late as long as they were completed by the end of the semester. I know I could have completed them if I pushed myself harder throughout the semester instead of waiting last minute to do them, but I ran out of time and got a B. If I would have finished my assignments, I would have gotten an A+. I definetly learned my lesson and will never do that again.
I'm wanting to transfer into a good and competitive university where I live, and they aren't ivy league but their average accepted applicant GPA is 3.8, which is pretty much the same as average accepted applicants to ivy league schools. I will also be doing other things to make my application more competitive by doing volunteer work, joining the honors society at my school, etc.
At the moment, I have to choose between taking Biology 2 for my next semester before transferring, or take Chemistry 1 (I plan on taking other classes in the spring semester too, but the Bio-2 and Chem-1 class times conflict with eachother for the professors I want)
So my question is, since I'm majoring in Biology, will it look bad that I got a B in that class when I apply to transfer, even if all the other classes are/will be A's?
If it looks bad, should I take Biology 2 in my next semester before I apply to transfer to make up for the B I got in Biology 1?
Or should/can I take Chemistry 1 next?
