"W" on transcript?

[subatomiclevels]

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When I was dual enrolled at college during high school, I was taking too much of a load, and College Algebra was too much on me due to all of the homework assignments we had to do and how fast-paced the course was, so I withdrew from it. The next semester, after I graduated, I took it over the summer with six other credits (nine total) and made an A in every class. I hate having the W on my transcript. I hate looking at it. I didn't think too much about it in the beginning because I was not certain if I wanted to go to school for pre-pharmacy (working in a pharmacy persuaded me to go for it), but now I have definitely decided and I am set on going to UGA for a Pharm.D. I currently have a 4.0 GPA and I am enrolled in Principles of Biology I, General Chemistry I, Latin I, Jogging, and an institutional requirement totaling twelve credits. Yes, I have cleared it with the financial aid office how it would be if I withdrew and that's settled (given I do withdraw). I took twelve credits my first semester as dual enrollment, but since I withdrew, only completed nine, nine the next, being as it was the summer, twelve this semester, and I'm wanting to do fifteen credits next semester. I am just so scared about withdrawing again and how it will look on my part and if it was to come up in an interview. I currently commute to college and since my mother is elderly and is developing even more health problems as of recently, I am getting behind in chemistry because of how much I am having to step it up at home. Her bones are deteriorating (the main problem), she has many other problems, and she's having to go to the doctor every few days, which is an hour away, to have procedures done. We run kennel and grooming business, so I'm having to help out with that. I'm getting so behind in chemistry that I don't see any hope in catching up and I've tried so hard to. There's no one to help me in chemistry at school that really understands it (except for one classmate, but she's always busy), the professor doesn't have the time for me, and in fact, the science department is so small that there's only twelve people in the class. I don't want to withdraw, but I don't want to take a bad grade over the inevitable (I have until November 14 - when the withdraw turns to WF). Could someone please offer me some insight, suggestion, or let me know how bad the W could harm me?

 

[Bear Rx]

Having one or two withdraws is not going to negatively affect you in any way. If you had like 4 or 5, then you would have a problem.

 

[Corpseman]

 

[Sugoi Travis]

My thoughts exactly lol.

OT - I withdrew from a class when I was in undergrad and I had a pretty ridiculous quarter (neurobiology, systemic physiology lab, exercise physiology and biochemistry; ******ed decision I made).

It's not going to hurt you if you do it once. Do it multiple times and then we're gonna have problems.

 

[CamRx]

Having one or two withdraws is not going to negatively affect you in any way. If you had like 4 or 5, then you would have a problem.

I had like 5 total withdrawals and didn't have a problem. I just got accepted to my first school for 2014. 4 of the withdrawals were from non prerequisites and 1 was a prerequisite. But the 5 withdrawals accumulated over the course of a 4 year degree.

 

[subatomiclevels]

Thanks so much, everyone.

A friend (in a completely irrelevant field; accounting) told me that when he was interviewing for jobs, the interviewers questioned his two withdraws on irrelevant courses for a good thirty minutes o_o

Are the withdraws brought up during interviews and does it look bad if I only have eight credit hours this semester as long as I have 12-15 every other? Technically, I'm still considered a freshman because I am under thirty hours total.

 

[Sugoi Travis]

A friend (in a completely irrelevant field; accounting) told me that when he was interviewing for jobs, the interviewers questioned his two withdraws on irrelevant courses for a good thirty minutes o_o

I can understand adcoms questioning withdrawals on two RELEVANT classes, to an extent. But two irrelevant classes? 30 minutes? Are you kidding me?

Let's get real here; is it really worth going to an institution if you're going to get a lot of crap from the adcoms because you messed up/decided not to take those classes/(insert good reason here)? At least in my opinion, hell no.

Are the withdraws brought up during interviews and does it look bad

That depends on the interview format itself and that differs between schools. Some schools conduct open-file interviews, where the interviewers have access to your application and other schools conduct closed-file interviews, where the interviewers know nothing about you. In open-file interviews, I feel that it's up to the discretion of the interviewers themselves to bring up withdrawals or not.

 

[subatomiclevels]

Should I take a C or W? If I take a C, then my cumulative GPA will be a 3.6 at the end of the semester, but I would try my hardest to get A's and B's in every other chemistry class.