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I know that some of the threads mention students who have had concerns about withdrawing from a single class but what is the likely hood of being accepted with more than one withdraw per year. I dropped a class that was required by my school, but was not necessary for my courses.
I decided to go back to school and finish my education I started 10 years ago, but was interrupted by my bad marriage, and spousal abuse. I finally left, getting a divorce, and got back on my feet and back on track.
Needless to say I was not a dedicated student 10 years ago, but since then I have had mostly A's, and some B's. So far I have a GPA of 3.4 and have 2 more years to go but I have been horrified by the idea of failing my classes. My past GPA has not allowed room for failure. I am usually one of the top achievers in my class but I have several Withdrawals.
My idea is that I wont even be looked at or considered if my GPA sucks! Am I right by thinking this.
3 Withdrawals in 1 year:
Fall
I dropped a PE course, because I mistakenly agreed with the instructor that I would have no abscences, if she allowed me to enroll on the very last day of enrollment. I had hoped for the best, but I missed 2 days after getting sick, She said since I enrolled late and was not there the first week of enrollment, so she started me at a 90, then I lost 5 points for each day absent, so then I had a B, but I also forgot to sign in twice, so she had me at a C, before even taking the final on nutrion. I was so upset I withdrew after she made a seen infront of other students saying I was to much trouble and that she should have never let a student in her class so late.
Spring
I became very very ill, for a month with chronic sinusitis, swollen shut nasal passages, fevers, sore throat, chills, and was referred to several specialists. I have no more basics, since I was in school 10 yrs. ago so all I have are science classes, no fluff. I fell behind in anatomy when the proffessor assigned over 6 chapters in two weeks. This professor has notoriussly hard tests. I bombed misserably, I was still sick and tried to do well but in the month I was sick he had gone over 9 chapters. I could not recover from such low test scores. Instead of getting a D and retaking, I opted for a W.
I thought that the W would be better than a retake because although the grade is replaced, it appears on your transcripts next to the replaced grade.
Summer
I forgot to ask around for who to take or not to take. I started taking this Cal I course, but felt that the professor had unrealalistic expectations. He has covered 6 sections in 4 days. More than a chapter and expects 70 questions for Cal homework each week, the whole chapter review. When he assigned the Chapter review I had kindly asked whether that was odds or evens, he laughed at me and said all of it, besides this are weekly quizes. I couldn't do that and take my honors anatomy
Guys what am I to do? Has anyone had this bad of luck or do I look like a total slacker who just couldn't handle it. How on Earth can I explain this to the admissions board with out looking like a slacker, but without sounding like a whiner, complainer, and lazy good for nothing.
Can anyone suggest what I should say or what I should do?
Does anyone feel I suck, please provide honest first impressions, it might help with my presentation to the board.!!!!!
Has anyone who is an accepted dental student been accepted with this amount of withdraws? Or as an academic advisor does anyone have any suggestions?
My school just hired a new advirsor the year I started, this year and she is so unorganized because she has never had this position before & she does not know as much about dentistry as she does pre med.
She has been trying to convince me not to take anatomy, since the school does not require it, but every site says take anatomy physiology. I would like some outside advice on this "W" matter.
Thank you,
😕😕
I decided to go back to school and finish my education I started 10 years ago, but was interrupted by my bad marriage, and spousal abuse. I finally left, getting a divorce, and got back on my feet and back on track.
Needless to say I was not a dedicated student 10 years ago, but since then I have had mostly A's, and some B's. So far I have a GPA of 3.4 and have 2 more years to go but I have been horrified by the idea of failing my classes. My past GPA has not allowed room for failure. I am usually one of the top achievers in my class but I have several Withdrawals.
My idea is that I wont even be looked at or considered if my GPA sucks! Am I right by thinking this.
3 Withdrawals in 1 year:
Fall
I dropped a PE course, because I mistakenly agreed with the instructor that I would have no abscences, if she allowed me to enroll on the very last day of enrollment. I had hoped for the best, but I missed 2 days after getting sick, She said since I enrolled late and was not there the first week of enrollment, so she started me at a 90, then I lost 5 points for each day absent, so then I had a B, but I also forgot to sign in twice, so she had me at a C, before even taking the final on nutrion. I was so upset I withdrew after she made a seen infront of other students saying I was to much trouble and that she should have never let a student in her class so late.
Spring
I became very very ill, for a month with chronic sinusitis, swollen shut nasal passages, fevers, sore throat, chills, and was referred to several specialists. I have no more basics, since I was in school 10 yrs. ago so all I have are science classes, no fluff. I fell behind in anatomy when the proffessor assigned over 6 chapters in two weeks. This professor has notoriussly hard tests. I bombed misserably, I was still sick and tried to do well but in the month I was sick he had gone over 9 chapters. I could not recover from such low test scores. Instead of getting a D and retaking, I opted for a W.
I thought that the W would be better than a retake because although the grade is replaced, it appears on your transcripts next to the replaced grade.
Summer
I forgot to ask around for who to take or not to take. I started taking this Cal I course, but felt that the professor had unrealalistic expectations. He has covered 6 sections in 4 days. More than a chapter and expects 70 questions for Cal homework each week, the whole chapter review. When he assigned the Chapter review I had kindly asked whether that was odds or evens, he laughed at me and said all of it, besides this are weekly quizes. I couldn't do that and take my honors anatomy
Guys what am I to do? Has anyone had this bad of luck or do I look like a total slacker who just couldn't handle it. How on Earth can I explain this to the admissions board with out looking like a slacker, but without sounding like a whiner, complainer, and lazy good for nothing.
Can anyone suggest what I should say or what I should do?
Does anyone feel I suck, please provide honest first impressions, it might help with my presentation to the board.!!!!!
Has anyone who is an accepted dental student been accepted with this amount of withdraws? Or as an academic advisor does anyone have any suggestions?
My school just hired a new advirsor the year I started, this year and she is so unorganized because she has never had this position before & she does not know as much about dentistry as she does pre med.
She has been trying to convince me not to take anatomy, since the school does not require it, but every site says take anatomy physiology. I would like some outside advice on this "W" matter.
Thank you,
😕😕
