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I will be going into my 4th year(out of 5) of my undergraduate physics degree this year and have some questions, but first my back story. I did horrible my first quarter of school, I got D's and C's in my physics and math classes so I decided to just take some gen. ed. classes, which boosted my GPA. I decided I really loved physics so starting my second year of school I restarted physics and re-took the classes I did poorly in before. I did much better in my physics and not so much better in math. I also wasn't informed I had to fill out grade replacement forms even though I asked about it so the original D's are calculated in my GPA.
Now looking over my grades they all look pretty good besides math, which is unacceptably low. I have a ~1.6(out of 4) with no F's, I also had to take a foreign language(latin) in which I have a 2.1. In physics I have a 2.93 because the first D is still being calculated into it, but I have all A's and B's after the first bad grade. I feel these grades are really going to kill any chances of getting into graduate school I have.
Even though I intend to take higher level math realistically I think I can only get my math GPA up to a 2.0, perhaps a little higher if I am lucky. Will a ~3.0 in physics and a ~2.0 in math give me any chance of getting into a decent graduate school?
Also, in grade school I was diagnosed with a learning disability which includes slight dyslexia, this basically means your average test is generally not a good indication of my learned knowledge. I haven't brought it up here in university at all but feel it contributes a large part to my math scores being extremely low, even though I feel I grasp the material. Should I ever bring this up when applying? I don't feel as though I should as I don't want it to seem as I am using it as a crutch but with sub par grades I have to take any advantage I can get. Sorry for making this so long but I am really need to look into my options at this point.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Now looking over my grades they all look pretty good besides math, which is unacceptably low. I have a ~1.6(out of 4) with no F's, I also had to take a foreign language(latin) in which I have a 2.1. In physics I have a 2.93 because the first D is still being calculated into it, but I have all A's and B's after the first bad grade. I feel these grades are really going to kill any chances of getting into graduate school I have.
Even though I intend to take higher level math realistically I think I can only get my math GPA up to a 2.0, perhaps a little higher if I am lucky. Will a ~3.0 in physics and a ~2.0 in math give me any chance of getting into a decent graduate school?
Also, in grade school I was diagnosed with a learning disability which includes slight dyslexia, this basically means your average test is generally not a good indication of my learned knowledge. I haven't brought it up here in university at all but feel it contributes a large part to my math scores being extremely low, even though I feel I grasp the material. Should I ever bring this up when applying? I don't feel as though I should as I don't want it to seem as I am using it as a crutch but with sub par grades I have to take any advantage I can get. Sorry for making this so long but I am really need to look into my options at this point.
Thanks in advance for any help.