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Hey guys,
So as I'm filling out AMCAS last night, a foggy, unclear memory comes into my head - the fact that senior year or high school (maybe junior year?) I decided to register in the "College Now" program at a CUNY for a class. Maybe it was on government?
The longer I sat there, the more clear this became. I never went to the class. I didn't even know what "withdrawing" was or why I would do that. I figured I would be dropped if I didn't go. Like actually, not even one class.
I remember getting a letter in the mail a year later warning me of my "academic status" for "failing to maintain a GPA of X.X"
I laughed because I was at a top-10 school and my city university was warning me about my academic status. I never even enrolled! All this for one class I signed up for in HS?
So I called the registrar and it turns out I have a transcript, which they can't discuss over the phone. I'm waiting for it to get to my house (my parents' house - I live overseas).
The college has WU and WN - unexcused withdraw (counts as an F) and non-attendance withdraw (counts as a W). I'm assuming from the probation letter that I got a WU (or an F).
Obviously I'll wait to see that the transcript says, but what do you recommend I do? It's so unfair that a course that I thought would be dropped if I didn't attend it changes my overall GPA from a 3.69 to a 3.61. I know it's my fault, and that I should have known better, but I didn't know anything about withdrawal policies in high school!
My current plan is:
--If I have an WU/F call up the advisors of the program begging it to be changed to a WN citing the fact that I never attended the course.
--If I can't change anything, what do I do?! Where do I explain it?? This isn't me whining away a C because I sucked at a class or couldn't handle the work. I literally never went and didn't even realize I would remain enrolled.
Someone please give me some advice. 🙁
I'm freaking out about this.
So as I'm filling out AMCAS last night, a foggy, unclear memory comes into my head - the fact that senior year or high school (maybe junior year?) I decided to register in the "College Now" program at a CUNY for a class. Maybe it was on government?
The longer I sat there, the more clear this became. I never went to the class. I didn't even know what "withdrawing" was or why I would do that. I figured I would be dropped if I didn't go. Like actually, not even one class.
I remember getting a letter in the mail a year later warning me of my "academic status" for "failing to maintain a GPA of X.X"
I laughed because I was at a top-10 school and my city university was warning me about my academic status. I never even enrolled! All this for one class I signed up for in HS?
So I called the registrar and it turns out I have a transcript, which they can't discuss over the phone. I'm waiting for it to get to my house (my parents' house - I live overseas).
The college has WU and WN - unexcused withdraw (counts as an F) and non-attendance withdraw (counts as a W). I'm assuming from the probation letter that I got a WU (or an F).
Obviously I'll wait to see that the transcript says, but what do you recommend I do? It's so unfair that a course that I thought would be dropped if I didn't attend it changes my overall GPA from a 3.69 to a 3.61. I know it's my fault, and that I should have known better, but I didn't know anything about withdrawal policies in high school!
My current plan is:
--If I have an WU/F call up the advisors of the program begging it to be changed to a WN citing the fact that I never attended the course.
--If I can't change anything, what do I do?! Where do I explain it?? This isn't me whining away a C because I sucked at a class or couldn't handle the work. I literally never went and didn't even realize I would remain enrolled.
Someone please give me some advice. 🙁
I'm freaking out about this.
