I have like 9 Ws on my 4 year transcript. I really don't have much of a valid explanation for it in all truthfulness. I had a wide range of interests in college with no real objective or direction behind my degree, therefore used withdrawals incredibly liberally to my great misfortune . Both my sci and cgpa are 3.6ish. Like how well do i need to do on the PCAT to curb this horrible blemish. Just in case i applied to a post bacc this september but i'm hoping to avoid that by doing well on the pcat but how well?
Huge amount of Ws. suggestions to make up for it?
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Honestly, you need to be able to cogently explain why you have that many W's on your transcript. To me, it would be a MAJOR red flag on your application and I don't know how you would be able to get past that in the classroom. Expect to be asked about it at the interview stage and expect to have that answer critiqued thoroughly.
Do as well as you possibly can on the PCAT. W's imply that you can't handle the coursework and there isn't a set score that will excuse your W's. Bottom line, you need to do stellar on the PCAT, period.
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It's a red flag to be certain, but you have a very solid GPA. That should go a long way towards making up for an excessive number of W's. Just explain that you weren't sure what you wanted to do in college initially and signed up for a lot of courses that didn't turn out to be what you were looking for. A great PCAT score would help, but I wouldn't say it's totally necessary.
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