Getting a NP and top-tier MBA Admissions

Hi everyone! I'm an undergrad sophomore and because I was really sick the day of my linear algebra/diff eq.'s test, I completely BOMBED the midterm (scored way below average) and I've decided to P/NP the class.

At this point, I seriously think I'll end up getting an NP in the class just because my prof is especially harsh in terms of curving. This is the 1st class I've P/NP'ed and the only class I will be able to. I know MBA admissions really likes students to do well in quant classes. I got A+'s in the harder versions of my university's (top 20) Calculus I and Calc II class and pulled an A in Multivariable as well. So I can do math but I just got super unlucky this semester :(

I'm just wondering how an NP will look towards MBA admissions. My overall GPA right now is about a 3.96 and the math class I'm P/NP'ing is not at all in my major.

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I've dropped a mathclass before and it's on my transcript--very busy schedule plus a visiting prof just can't let me make it. I think that may look worse than your transcript. But So far, I don't see anyone (employers, grad schools) being concerned about it---I just took more math classes and had many A in them.

But if you're not a quant major, that can be different--meaning that you need either high GMAT or other high level math class to back it up

 

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