Bad Grade(s) vs "W" on Transcripts

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Hey, everyone I'd like to know what you think? And how this could or has affected you during this interview season?

 

[BeaverLover]

Is this a pre-req we're talking about?

 

[cacajuate]

Taking a W is better than getting the bad grade. As long as there aren't too many W's, it much better to save the GPA.


And that is why the system is so flawed.

 

[RS2224]

Take the W. But obviously don't have like a few. I had two I got interviews.

 

[aj30]

One W is a total non issue. Don't even think twice about it if that's what you feel you need to do to preserve your GPA.
I happened to have one W on a prereq and received numerous interviews. Never once was it brought up and I doubt it was even noticed. You have to keep in mind it's going to be buried amongst all your classes so it's not going to be in the ADCOMs' faces anyways.

 

[uhds]

Thank you for all the feedback everyone 🙂

 

[Astatedental]

i had a handful of W's for various reasons (couldn't understand a foreign professor), advised to take classes that I found out later I didn't need ect. My gpa is 3.8. I got an interview, but I am still very worried that the W's will affect my acceptance.