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How bad do Withdrawals look on your transcript?
Started by AME416
Not as bad as D's, E's and F's. I have 3 W's on my transcript and I got into pharmacy school with ~6 C's/C+'s. However, I attended UF for undergrad, so W's might be worse coming from a CC.
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I've got two from undergrad and one from grad school. I'm not sweating it.
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A W is better than a D or an F.
Just don't collect too many of them...
Just don't collect too many of them...
Eh, I had a few W's here and there...stuff happens and you end up having to drop the class. I think as long as you don't have excessive W's or WF's you're fine.
Good thing Pharmcas doesn't count W's while calculating your GPA so doesn't really matter until u have a whole lot of them😀
How would a W ever be counted on your transcript?
Numerically, such as, "3 Ws" reported? Trying to devil's advocate this. LOL.
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My advice is to just worry about what you take out of the class. Even if you make a few C's here and there make sure you truly understand concepts from the prereq courses. You will do awesome on PCAT if you do this, which most schools tend to weigh more heavily on as it compares you with everyone throughout the United States.
I have 4 W's and I still got accepted to one of the two school I applied to. You will be asked about W's in interviews so make sure you tell them the HONEST truth as to why you got them. Explain what measures you have taken to prevent it from happening again..
For example say you turned 21 and went out drinking a lot. Tell them. Tell them you made immature decisions and learned from it. It's good to show you are capable of self-assessment.
I have 4 W's and I still got accepted to one of the two school I applied to. You will be asked about W's in interviews so make sure you tell them the HONEST truth as to why you got them. Explain what measures you have taken to prevent it from happening again..
For example say you turned 21 and went out drinking a lot. Tell them. Tell them you made immature decisions and learned from it. It's good to show you are capable of self-assessment.
I had a W and 5 C's, but I still got into the 4 schools i interviewed at and declined 4 other interview invites. You'll be fine 🙂
i have 5 W's and a couple of C's, but im planning to retake the classes that i had c's in, will that give me a better chance if i get A's to be accepted into pharmacy school?
I have about 8-9 Ws on my transcripts but most of those came from having to drop an entire semester 3/4 way through due to a family emergency and unforeseen circumstances. I still got into pharm school. I did explain the Ws though in my supp app so there was no need for them to ask me about it in the interview. No Cs here.
true... don't even know what these rankings are based on... just says a number scale from 1 to 5
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Maybe, netting good grades from your previous withdrawals override any potential -ve effect. I wouldn't know, just a speculation.
Usually, they require some sort of explanation for it, which I don't think is that much of a big deal. Unless you accumulate excess W's - like 3 for every semester you've been to. But is that even possible?
Usually, they require some sort of explanation for it, which I don't think is that much of a big deal. Unless you accumulate excess W's - like 3 for every semester you've been to. But is that even possible?
I have 14 W's from just signing up for classes and not going basically. I'll let you know how my applications go. 
I had 4 or 5 Ws I think. No one ever asked me about them at either school I've attended. I doubt schools would ever screen based on Ws unless there were other serious red flags on the transcripts.
I took a multi-variable calculus course after college for further math interest but it turned out, not to be that interesting and I withdrawled. Do I need to talk about this and do I need to get a transcript if it was the only course I took at that college?
I would assume I don't need to talk about it but I should still include it in my application. Just asking for reassurance.
I would assume I don't need to talk about it but I should still include it in my application. Just asking for reassurance.
You will probably need the transcript, just because it's part of your post-high school academic record at this point, and that usually follows you with every application from college to college until...pretty much, forever.
As for talking about it, if asked, it's your word against their' as far as the reason for the W. You can be honest and simply admit that you lacked interest in that class, and wanted to instead focus on other classes, work, etc. Basically, as long as you do not say "I withdrew because I was failing", any excuse for a W is very often okay.
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I have about 10 W's, 4 for medical reasons and the others because I was overloading on my courses and working. I was literally taking 8 classes a semester at this time, two of those were because I realized I did not need to take that specific course as well and was struggling so just decided to drop. Do you think I have chances of still getting into pharmacy school?
