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Do spill the beans.
A.
A- was a possibility, but I managed to avoid those. On an exam, perhaps a grade in the low-70s? Undergrad is temporary, and a few bad grades are meaningless in the grand scheme of things. It helps to know a professor's grade distribution for classes where you get a choice between professors. Many classes I took ended up with ~5% A's though. Once you get to your PhD, it is more important what you learned/internalized than the grades you earned- much of my useful education in undergrad was working in lab and figuring out how to best balance that with classes/extracurriculars/dates.
What is your worst grade, OP?
then the tests were extremely abstract hardy weinberg predatory-prey models, consumer resource models, etc
It is worthwhile to ask the professor where to focus your studying. They may even tell you what will be on the exam. Also, it is helpful to befriend senior students in your major who can give you advice/tips/ perhaps old exams (as long as the professor doesn't confiscate exams/you are using stolen material, it is kosher to use old exams in your studying [depending on your school's policies]).
Lolz, you're in a lucky position to have your lowest grade as an A. Where do you want to apply for MSTP? Any top 15 schools?