Should I drop this class?

[sunflower94]

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So, I am currently in a bioinformatics class, and I just got my midterm back, but I only got a C. I originally thought this would be an interesting class, but this class is in fact very hard for me to do well in. I have already dropped a class last year, so I am wondering if dropping a second class would raise red flags on my med school application. Appreciate your input. Thanks!

 

[jqueb29]

I had 5 or 6 Ws and got in. If your GPA, MCAT, and ECs are good enough, 2 Ws will have no negative effect on you

 

[canucks99]

I would drop the class. No sense in putting yourself through unnecessary pain. A W is probably better than anything lower than a B.

 

[MrLogan13]

If you can still drop without a W, no one will ever know you took it. Even if you get a W, a few W's aren't going to hurt you unless there's a long pattern of them. I think I had ~3 W's on my transcript; no one ever even asked about them.

 

[sunflower94]

I had 5 or 6 Ws and got in. If your GPA, MCAT, and ECs are good enough, 2 Ws will have no negative effect on you

Just wondering, what are your stats? GPA and MCAT?

 

[sunflower94]

If you can still drop without a W, no one will ever know you took it. Even if you get a W, a few W's aren't going to hurt you unless there's a long pattern of them. I think I had ~3 W's on my transcript; no one ever even asked about them.

What's your GPA and MCAT? Just wondering ...

 

[jqueb29]

Just wondering, what are your stats? GPA and MCAT?

3.78 and 32

 

[y123]

Just drop it. W is much better than a C.

 

[AspiringERMD]

I had 5 or 6 Ws and got in. If your GPA, MCAT, and ECs are good enough, 2 Ws will have no negative effect on you

+1. I had two MWs and probably three or four Ws. Didn't come up once except on secondaries.