This is the brief backstory: I am thinking of applying to enter Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. Calculus is a prerequisite to enter Notre Dame's business school, but I have a C in the class, with one more exam and final left. I have A's and A-'s and one B+ in my other courses.
I have two options:
Playing it safe: Drop Calculus and be certain that I have at least a 3.6 GPA first semester, but not be able to enter Mendoza.
Risk it: Keep Calculus and hope that I do well on the next exam and final to get at least a B in the class, and have a shot at being accepted into Mendoza. But, I could end up doing poorly on the next two exams and totally ruin my GPA, along with not getting into Mendoza because of that.
*Economics major could be an option, where I could drop Calculus and take it another semester, but it is very math-intensive, so I do not think I would perform as well as an Econ major.
* Last day for course drop is before the next Calculus exam is.
