Hello,
This is my first post here. I am a second year pre med student.
In short, I know having a W on your transcript is pretty bad in itself. However, I believe I can justify it without making any excuses.
I am a recent transfer student in a pretty decent pre-med program university. I took 15 credits this year with the course in question being a 3-credit intro to neuro elective class that is not mandatory for my bio sci major. Currently I am working part time 4 to 5 days a week. Earlier this semester, a very close friend of mine passed of a drug overdose which really took many of us by surprise. I would not say I'm depressed because of this but it definitely made things extremely stressful in addition to poor time management. As a result, I did not prepare myself as well as I should have for the first exam of this course and received a pretty poor grade (58% + 4% in bonus points). I would say this course is difficult but not difficult enough to where I wouldn't be sure I can pull off at least a C- til the end of the semester.
However, I've already fallen pretty far behind in the course material as well as having O-Chem and other courses to worry about. The next test is after the drop deadline (3 days after) so I decided to take the W so that I can perform well in my other courses without having this huge elephant in the back of mind. This is my first W and my only W I plan to have. My thinking is that a higher GPA my first semester here is more worth that the stress and doubt I might have if I decide to keep the course; therefore, I decided to drop the course and be safe despite actually having a W on my transcript...
Did I make the right choice?
This is my first post here. I am a second year pre med student.
In short, I know having a W on your transcript is pretty bad in itself. However, I believe I can justify it without making any excuses.
I am a recent transfer student in a pretty decent pre-med program university. I took 15 credits this year with the course in question being a 3-credit intro to neuro elective class that is not mandatory for my bio sci major. Currently I am working part time 4 to 5 days a week. Earlier this semester, a very close friend of mine passed of a drug overdose which really took many of us by surprise. I would not say I'm depressed because of this but it definitely made things extremely stressful in addition to poor time management. As a result, I did not prepare myself as well as I should have for the first exam of this course and received a pretty poor grade (58% + 4% in bonus points). I would say this course is difficult but not difficult enough to where I wouldn't be sure I can pull off at least a C- til the end of the semester.
However, I've already fallen pretty far behind in the course material as well as having O-Chem and other courses to worry about. The next test is after the drop deadline (3 days after) so I decided to take the W so that I can perform well in my other courses without having this huge elephant in the back of mind. This is my first W and my only W I plan to have. My thinking is that a higher GPA my first semester here is more worth that the stress and doubt I might have if I decide to keep the course; therefore, I decided to drop the course and be safe despite actually having a W on my transcript...
Did I make the right choice?
However, I am trying to stay away from alprazolam and any other benzos for the matter. I wouldn't say I have an addictive personality but I know a guy back home who sold his son's car for a script. Crazy stuff.
