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Do they matter? I think that depends on the school. Do they carry much weight? I dunno..probably not. Unless you've graduated, grades still count because you still have to send your final transcripts to the schools that accepted you. I don't think they'll revoke your acceptance if you do poorly, but I'd still try to get good grades until I graduate if I were you.
To quote another poster from a long long time ago (changed for my situation)
I'm staring down the barrel at a C in PCHEM.
This sucks, I really don't care that much about molecular orbital theory and quantum mechanics...but apparentally the regents who will confer (hopefully) my biochem degree do!