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Just to add some clarification for college seniors seeking to apply to grad school, the grades for your Major generally matter more than the grades outside of your major field of study (GRE and other such tests do not matter that much unless you are getting into a field of Science, otherwise Hummanities people need not worry that much (still try for at least a cum. 1000, or whatever the Average currently is for the GRE)). So, if you have , for example, an Advertising Major, then you had better have aced any of the classes dealing with sociology, psychology, rhetoric, logic, English (overall), etc, but if you had less than adequate grades in, say, astronomy or other Science classes, then you can explain in your personal essay that you have a 4.0 in your major, but only a 2.5 outside of your major.
This may seem like a silly distinction, but it can make a difference during the application process.
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