Hi guys, I've applied to several dental schools for 2015. I've been going back over my application to remember what it was like for every semester in case they ask about some stuff. I have a ton of Ws spread out all over the place.
6 Ws, a WF, and if you include labs then it would be 2 Ws (they were with the other courses I dropped).
My first W was at another college, that semester overall was pretty bad. It was my first year, got into the whole college scene, partied like mad, just didn't do very well.
My next one was because I thought I was superman and decided to take ecology and general chem together in the same summer session. Classes went from 8-5, I worked weekends, so it was just very heavy for me at the time.
My next Ws were in physics and it's lab. That was just a very tough class for me, I fell behind, and didn't want to dilute all of my grades while not learning all I could. At that time I was pre med and physics is on the mcat (along with my other classes that semester) so I felt that it was important to really learn the subject better than just get by. I took it again the next year and made As in both physics 1 and 2.
After that, a year later in the fall I dropped one other course, not because I couldn't handle it but because I had decided to change career options and it wasn't a class I needed anymore.
That summer I had gotten into nursing school, got through a couple tests and started clinicals. As I was in, I just felt like this really wasn't for me and I was in it for the wrong reasons so I withdrew from the program. At that time I had a B in one class and a D in another. I didn't realize WFs count against your gpa otherwise I would have stayed to raise the grade so it didn't hurt my gpa.
My last withdrawal was in my very last semester during the fall. I wanted to end my last year with a bang so I packed on some science classes. However, one course in particular was very late in the day on MWF and I was just not making nearly enough at work. That summer I had cut my work hours short (worked only thurs-Sunday) because I wanted several days of the week to solely focus on the DAT so I was really in need of money.
All throughout my undergrad I have always worked. First few years it wasn't as much, maybe around 25-30 hours depending on how much I was needed. But towards the middle of my undergrad to the end I had to pick up much more hours at work. I help my mom out since she's disabled and just couldn't work anymore.
My overall and science gpa are both around a 3.5ish (science gpa is 3.49 to be really exact) and DAT score is a 20.
What do you guys think? Will I be judged that harshly on all my Ws and WF? Do you think I had poor reasoning to be dropping courses when I did? I worry about if they ask me why I dropped evolution. I really should have just stuck through with it instead of just not take it because I didn't need it anymore.
Thanks for any input.
6 Ws, a WF, and if you include labs then it would be 2 Ws (they were with the other courses I dropped).
My first W was at another college, that semester overall was pretty bad. It was my first year, got into the whole college scene, partied like mad, just didn't do very well.
My next one was because I thought I was superman and decided to take ecology and general chem together in the same summer session. Classes went from 8-5, I worked weekends, so it was just very heavy for me at the time.
My next Ws were in physics and it's lab. That was just a very tough class for me, I fell behind, and didn't want to dilute all of my grades while not learning all I could. At that time I was pre med and physics is on the mcat (along with my other classes that semester) so I felt that it was important to really learn the subject better than just get by. I took it again the next year and made As in both physics 1 and 2.
After that, a year later in the fall I dropped one other course, not because I couldn't handle it but because I had decided to change career options and it wasn't a class I needed anymore.
That summer I had gotten into nursing school, got through a couple tests and started clinicals. As I was in, I just felt like this really wasn't for me and I was in it for the wrong reasons so I withdrew from the program. At that time I had a B in one class and a D in another. I didn't realize WFs count against your gpa otherwise I would have stayed to raise the grade so it didn't hurt my gpa.
My last withdrawal was in my very last semester during the fall. I wanted to end my last year with a bang so I packed on some science classes. However, one course in particular was very late in the day on MWF and I was just not making nearly enough at work. That summer I had cut my work hours short (worked only thurs-Sunday) because I wanted several days of the week to solely focus on the DAT so I was really in need of money.
All throughout my undergrad I have always worked. First few years it wasn't as much, maybe around 25-30 hours depending on how much I was needed. But towards the middle of my undergrad to the end I had to pick up much more hours at work. I help my mom out since she's disabled and just couldn't work anymore.
My overall and science gpa are both around a 3.5ish (science gpa is 3.49 to be really exact) and DAT score is a 20.
What do you guys think? Will I be judged that harshly on all my Ws and WF? Do you think I had poor reasoning to be dropping courses when I did? I worry about if they ask me why I dropped evolution. I really should have just stuck through with it instead of just not take it because I didn't need it anymore.
Thanks for any input.
