I just finished my first year at an Ivy League school with not-so-stellar grades. I took three classes in sciences/maths this past year, resulting in a B- in orgo, a B in physics, and an A in calculus and a total gpa of about 3.45. My dream is to get into a top 10 med school, but that looks pretty dim right now.
I had an illness throughout the year, resulting in a hospitalization near the end of the spring term. I thought everything would still work out as long as I do nearly perfectly for the rest of college, and I do think I have the capability of doing very well now that my illness is under control.
So, this summer, I decided to do lots of volunteering and enroll myself in two upper level bio classes at a local university. In one class, I'm on track to get an A. However, for the other, I forgot to do an assignment the night it was due because I mistakenly thought it was due a week later (a mistake I'll regret for a while, I'm sure). The assignment was 9% of my grade, meaning that the highest grade I could get now is a B+, but they don't report pluses or minuses, so it will be reported as a B. Long story short, I can still drop the class and get a withdrawn without it affecting my already on-the-brink GPA. Do you think (irrespective of the sunk cost of money) it is a good idea to withdraw? What are the cons? Thank you all.
I had an illness throughout the year, resulting in a hospitalization near the end of the spring term. I thought everything would still work out as long as I do nearly perfectly for the rest of college, and I do think I have the capability of doing very well now that my illness is under control.
So, this summer, I decided to do lots of volunteering and enroll myself in two upper level bio classes at a local university. In one class, I'm on track to get an A. However, for the other, I forgot to do an assignment the night it was due because I mistakenly thought it was due a week later (a mistake I'll regret for a while, I'm sure). The assignment was 9% of my grade, meaning that the highest grade I could get now is a B+, but they don't report pluses or minuses, so it will be reported as a B. Long story short, I can still drop the class and get a withdrawn without it affecting my already on-the-brink GPA. Do you think (irrespective of the sunk cost of money) it is a good idea to withdraw? What are the cons? Thank you all.
