Advice regarding complicated "withdraw" situation

[medadvicewanted]

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Hello SDN!

Had a quick question that I wanted to run by you all and hopefully I am not torn apart on the forums haha. So after finishing my masters last year, I decided to do another (don't ask why, it was an idiotic decision, I was actually just really interested in the subject and had a gap year). Anyways, last semester I did fine, but at the end my aunt passed away right before this semester. That on top of the death of my grandmother this summer was pretty tough for me and I didn't do too hot in 2 classes this semester. I can still withdraw from the classes (getting a W) or switch to pass/fail (might not pass). I technically don't need this extra masters at all and was just doing it for educational value. If I withdrew I don't know if I could also tell admissions about the family hardships. I don't know if the withdrawal will draw any extra looks. In addition, there are 2 seminar courses along with the 2 courses I didn't do so well it. I am not sure if I should withdraw fully from the semester or just drop the 2 bad courses. Furthermore, there was an additional course which I did not register for but attended for the off chance I could get an A (I have been doing the work and told my professor about the situation). Should I add that course and drop the rest? I also know that on aadsas schools would probably not realize that these classes were taken as part of another masters program. I realize it is a complicated situation but I will be applying this summer and also retaking the DAT, previous masters GPA was a 3.5. Sorry for the random question, I appreciate your thoughts!

 

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For reference, the 2 seminar courses are just "pass/fail" and they would be passes and the additional course I could add would be graded. I think no matter what I will be dropping the 2 bad grade courses just wondering what the best way to do so is.

 

[doc toothache]

Hello SDN!
Had a quick question that I wanted to run by you all and hopefully I am not torn apart on the forums haha. So after finishing my masters last year, I decided to do another (don't ask why, it was an idiotic decision, I was actually just really interested in the subject and had a gap year). Anyways, last semester I did fine, but at the end my aunt passed away right before this semester. That on top of the death of my grandmother this summer was pretty tough for me and I didn't do too hot in 2 classes this semester. I can still withdraw from the classes (getting a W) or switch to pass/fail (might not pass). I technically don't need this extra masters at all and was just doing it for educational value. If I withdrew I don't know if I could also tell admissions about the family hardships. I don't know if the withdrawal will draw any extra looks. In addition, there are 2 seminar courses along with the 2 courses I didn't do so well it. I am not sure if I should withdraw fully from the semester or just drop the 2 bad courses. Furthermore, there was an additional course which I did not register for but attended for the off chance I could get an A (I have been doing the work and told my professor about the situation). Should I add that course and drop the rest? I also know that on aadsas schools would probably not realize that these classes were taken as part of another masters program. I realize it is a complicated situation but I will be applying this summer and also retaking the DAT, previous masters GPA was a 3.5. Sorry for the random question, I appreciate your thoughts!

Ws may "draw" "extra looks", but 2 Fs are going to do a heck of a lot more damage. Wait! Your schools allows a student to test drive a course and will let you enroll late?

 

[darklordzz]

Withdraw now and explain your situation clearly in the personal statement and interview. This is a lot easier than explaining miserable grades. Say goodbye to your tuition.

Test driving a course and doing late enrollment is a pretty sweet deal. But to make life easier, just drop the semester.

 

[medadvicewanted]

haha yeah I have accepted the tuition thing. Not sure if the "test drive" of the course is a standard thing, it was just because I wasn't sure if I was going to fully drop the semester or not and didn't want to have 5 W's instead of 4. Do you still think it is better to have 4 W's vs 2 W's if I don't drop the whole semester?