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You absolutely must report the instutional action of having been on probation. This is actually a plus because it gives you a place to explain the Ws on your transcript without gumming up your Personal statement which can focus on your positive attributes and your interest in medicine.When I was in high school, I took 4 classes at a community college during one summer. Due to family emergency, I needed to leave the country and as a result, had 4 "Ws" on my transcripts. These 4 "Ws" put me on "Lack of progress probation" for that community college. I recently graduated from a top university with a 3.75 GPA. I am applying for medical schools right now and I have three questions regarding my situation. First, how will medical schools consider these four Ws? Second, do I need to explain these 4 Ws on my AAMC application? Third, in AAMC application, it asks if I have ever had any institutional probation. Should I check "yes" for this question? Thank you very much for your help!
Yes, you were on probation due to the failure to progress. This failure to progress was due to the 4 withdrawals that were necessitated by the family emergency that led you to leave school before the end of the term. Close your paragraph on the Institutional Action with a sentence about how you focused your efforts when you got back to school.