Dropping Lit class with a W?

[medhopefull]

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So I just got back my midterm paper for my Asian-American Lit class this week. It's worth 40% of my grade, and I got a flat B-. The remaining part of my grade is based on my final (40%) and attendance/participation (20%), both of which I expect to receive similar scores.

There's a possibility that I might do better or worse, so my final grade can range from a C+ to a B.

My current cGPA is a 3.835, and assuming I keep the class, it will drop to a 3.8 or lower. However, if I drop the class (with a W), my cGPA will likely rise above a 3.85. Also, if my grade drops below a 3.8 this quarter, I will no longer be eligible for my college's honor society, which conducts their reviews at the end of this quarter.

I don't plan on retaking the course after I drop it, but instead, will take another class in the Literature department. I'm taking this mainly to fulfill the English/Expository Writing requirement at some medical schools.

 

[Stratego]

Being in the honors society won't help your med school application. If you keep the course, your GPA will still be excellent. And you won't have to take another writing intense course that might end with the same result.

 

[lord_jeebus]

I would withdraw, although it probably won't have an effect either way in the long run.

 

[Rolling Stone]

Being in the honors society won't help your med school application. If you keep the course, your GPA will still be excellent. And you won't have to take another writing intense course that might end with the same result.

Correct. A "W" would look like a red flag on the transcript.

 

[lord_jeebus]

Correct. A "W" would look like a red flag on the transcript.

No, it doesn't. A single W is too common to be a red flag.

 

[chman]

A B is not the end of the world. Plus, I don't know what honor society you are talking about, but most schools consider above a 3.6 to be honors. I joined Phi Theta Kappa when I only had a 3.65.

 

[MexicanDr]

JUST DROP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sammich117]

stolen from armybound. Becase it says it all.

 

[chman]

stolen from armybound. Becase it says it all.

Bad arse.

 

[medhopefull]

No, I understand that a B is fine. It's just that there is a risk of getting a C+, to which a majority of other threads have said to take the W.

But anyways, thanks for your input.