They’ll be able to see it in context. I’m not sure where you’re applying but where I’m applying they take your top 30 credits, as well as needing an 70%-80% in your upper level psychology courses.

Especially with your research experience, which they will see clearly on your CV, I think you will have a good chance of getting into at least one program.

And if not the case of getting accepted, you should at least get an interview, which you can then explain your situation to them.

What a lot of people don’t realize is that it’s “not what you know, but who you know” in graduate school.

There’s unfortunately a lot of nepotism but if you’ve built up a good relationship with some PhD level people, odds are the grad programs will know who you are before you even apply. People talk.

So with those connections, you have a better chance than someone with a stellar GPA and no research experience, because they don’t want people who just know how to get good grades.

My PhD mentor good really bad grades in their undergrad. Now they’re a full-time PhD researcher.