Need advice. Messed up pretty bad.

[icydragon123]

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[Goro]

Ws aren't lethal.

 

[icydragon123]

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[icydragon123]

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[LizzyM]

If you are applying now, no one will see the W unless you end up having to reapply. (Well, they will see it when you send your final transcript next summer after you've already been admitted to med school and by then it won't matter.) If you have a 4.0 and need to reapply, you have a bigger problem than a W in your senior year.

 

[icydragon123]

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[Dox4lyfe]

Can you not take it P/F and try to pass before you choose to take the W?

Shouldn't hurt since they can't see the W until you get in and they ask for a final transcript. Very highly doubt they'd do anything at that point. If you don't get in, it'll look like a lack of judgment on your part.

 

[deleted480308]

Ok so this will only hurt me if I need to reapply?

That is what she said

 

[icydragon123]

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[VincentAdultman]

Once I saw "4.00 gpa" I knew this would be good and you did not disappoint OP.

Chiiiiiiill

 

[Goro]

Ok so this will only hurt me if I need to reapply?

Have you taken the MCAT yet???

 

[LizzyM]

Ok so this will only hurt me if I need to reapply?

It won't really hurt you if you need to reapply. That said, if someone with a 4.0 needs to reapply then there is a problem and that problem is not the W.

 

[numbersloth]

Not to hijack this thread, but how bad does a W look for a senior with an upward trend and two Ws their sophomore fall who is planning on taking to gap years? In sort of a similar situation to OP

 

[LizzyM]

Not to hijack this thread, but how bad does a W look for a senior with an upward trend and two Ws their sophomore fall who is planning on taking to gap years? In sort of a similar situation to OP

One criticism I've heard of applicants with GPA 4.0 who have more than 1 or 2 W's is that the applicant used W's to protect the GPA. Anyone so obsessed with a perfect GPA that they bail when face with less than an A is considered an applicant who might not be a good fit with our med school. Your milage may vary.

 

[boogiecousins94]

Question that kind of is a spin off of this but is in relation to DIY post-bac classes. I've already applied this cycle but still taking one class a semester while working full time in case I would have to reapply sometime (If I did it would be with at least one cycle in between before reapplying).

I did poorly my first two years, very strong upward trend last two years. I took one post bac class and got an A before I applied. Due to my major etc. I literally have 104 credits of BCPM classes. Due to this, there is a minimal amount of classes that I can take that I essentially haven't taken yet (aside from certain math classes etc.). Further, due to my work schedule there is a limited amount of courses offered that I can take at night. I signed up for an organic synthesis class (like upper level organic chem) as I got an A in both organic chem and lab, so I thought I would do fine.

Long story short it's honestly the hardest class I've taken in my entire life. I just had a test, probably got a C (I know not bad, but for post bac thats not good). If I drop I would get a W. How bad would that look considering it is part of a DIY post bac?

 

[Turkishking]

One criticism I've heard of applicants with GPA 4.0 who have more than 1 or 2 W's is that the applicant used W's to protect the GPA. Anyone so obsessed with a perfect GPA that they bail when face with less than an A is considered an applicant who might not be a good fit with our med school. Your milage may vary.

Unless they actually had circumstances in which where they withdrew from the whole semester accumulating 4+ W's in one semester. But I guess periodic W's over every semester is a little suspicious, and that in my opinion may look like GPA protecting.