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I have a fairly weird transcript. I took two graduateharder upper-year courses at the second-year of my undergraduate degree. I spent a lot of time working on these courses because I was fascinated by the course material and got A+'s in both of them. Not only that, but after looking at the rankings: I was the top in both.

But - that is not the story. I did poorly on one course I was also taking in particular; I got a B+ in a secondone lower-year electiveundergraduate course (that was supposed to be really easy). I sincerely just found it boring and thought to myself everytime it came around: "this is a waste of my time, I have better things to do"... definitely an ignorant thing to think.

And I came well below the class average (the average was a A, a lot of people got an A+, and I feel like a moron every second for letting this slip).

The reason I took it, was that it was associated with the field I wanted to work in. This really scares me because when someone sees my transcript they could think "He can't master undergraduate level courses in the field he's interested in". The pace was so slow, and for some reason I left every assignment for this course only to the last minuteB+.

How doeswill this pattern (high grades in tougher courses, poorer grades in easier courses) reflect on the student? Will it negatively impact the student while applying for graduate studies because it looks like they might slack offadmissions?

I have a fairly weird transcript. I took two graduate courses at the second-year of my undergraduate degree. I spent a lot of time working on these courses because I was fascinated by the course material and got A+'s in both of them. Not only that, but after looking at the rankings: I was the top in both.

But - that is not the story. I did poorly on one course I was also taking in particular; I got a B+ in a second-year elective course (that was supposed to be really easy). I sincerely just found it boring and thought to myself everytime it came around: "this is a waste of my time, I have better things to do"... definitely an ignorant thing to think.

And I came well below the class average (the average was a A, a lot of people got an A+, and I feel like a moron every second for letting this slip).

The reason I took it, was that it was associated with the field I wanted to work in. This really scares me because when someone sees my transcript they could think "He can't master undergraduate level courses in the field he's interested in". The pace was so slow, and for some reason I left every assignment for this course only to the last minute.

How does this pattern (high grades in tougher courses, poorer grades in easier courses) reflect on the student? Will it negatively impact the student while applying for graduate studies because it looks like they might slack off?

I have a fairly weird transcript. I took two harder upper-year courses at the second-year of my undergraduate degree. I spent a lot of time working on these courses because I was fascinated by the course material and got A+'s in both of them. I did poorly in one lower-year undergraduate course and got a B+.

How will this reflect on the student for graduate admissions?

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I have a fairly weird transcript. I took two graduate courses at the second-year of my undergraduate degree. I spent a lot of time working on these courses because I was fascinated by the course material and got A+'s in both of them. Not only that, but after looking at the rankings: I was the top in both.

But - that is not the story. I did poorly on one course I was also taking in particular; I got a B+ in a second-year elective course (that was supposed to be really easy). I sincerely just found it boring and thought to myself everytime it came around: "this is a waste of my time, I have better things to do"... definitely an ignorant thing to think.

And I came well below the class average (the average was a A, a lot of people got an A+, and I feel like a moron every second for letting this slip).

The reason I took it, was that it was associated with the field I wanted to work in. This really scares me because when someone sees my transcript they could think "He can't master undergraduate level courses in the field he's interested in". The pace was so slow, and for some reason I left every assignment for this course only to the last minute.

How does this pattern (high grades in tougher courses, poorer grades in easier courses) reflect on the student? Will it negatively impact the student while applying for graduate studies because it looks like they might slack off?