W on transcript

[countryboydoc]

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I have a W on my transcript in a computer class and am not sure how to explain it in an interview if it comes up. I originally dropped it because I didn't like the instructor although I had a B in the class. Now I am retaking it and hoping for an A. Any ideas on how to talk about it without hurting my interview. It is my only W and my overall GPA is a 3.9.

 

[ChubbyChaser]

I had a W and told them that i dropped because i felt i wasnt getting anything out of the class..thus it was a waste of time.

 

[Stratego]

I wouldn't worry about one W when your GPA is so high.

 

[PhillyBoyInTN]

do W's count toward your GPA?

 

[McPoyle]

I have two W's and was never once asked about them-in fact I was never asked anything specifically pertaining to my transcripts. If I were however, I would answer them honestly, something to the effect of, "I was not putting in the effort I needed to put in, thus I was not learning the necessary material and performing poorly so I decided to retake the class when I was better prepared mentally."

 

[Krisss17]

do W's count toward your GPA?

No W's do not count towards your GPA; however, be careful to withdraw carefully or you may find your self with a WF, which is considered and F and it does count on your GPA.

 

[NoMoreAMCAS]

With one W you'll be perfectly fine. I know tons of lazy pre-meds who have 10+ W's, all because they were babying their GPA.

 

[ThaliaNox]

I had one late interview(March) after I'd submitted my fall grades. I'd had to drop ballroom dancing due to interviews insisting on falling on the once a week class like five times. Anyway, my interviewer started going on about how to him a W is like flunking, and he told me that he'd recalculated my GPA and it'd gone down "significantly!" Then he burst out laughing at the flabbergasted look on my face and told me he'd actually also dropped ballroom dancing as an undergrad and was amused at the cooincidence. I was accepted.

 

[camaras2480]

10+ W's

Holy crap 😱

 

[longhorn09]

It's not a big deal at all.

 

[NoMoreAMCAS]

Holy crap 😱

I know students that withdraw from at least one class almost every semester. The second they get a bad test score, or just don't want to work, they're out of there.

I wouldn't pay for any of the classes my kid withdrew from. I can't believe their parents put up with all that wasted money. Suckers.

 

[camaras2480]

I know students that withdraw from at least one class almost every semester. The second they get a bad test score, or just don't want to work, they're out of there.

I wouldn't pay for any of the classes my kid withdrew from. I can't believe their parents put up with all that wasted money. Suckers.

lol. i guess that makes sense. thats how we will handle patients anyway, right? If we dont like one, just run away!

 

[erdavis]

One W will not hurt but more than three will. The adcom will know when people are withdrawing to keep their GPA up. You cant have a personal crisis every semester or you say you werent learning anything every semester. You cant have a good explaination for so many W's on your transcript.

You cant withdraw from a medschool class because you got a C on a test or because you dont like the professor or to protect your GPA.

 

[Krisss17]

With one W you'll be perfectly fine. I know tons of lazy pre-meds who have 10+ W's, all because they were babying their GPA.

Unfortunately due to either youth stupidity, or more current personal issues, my transcript will show that I do have a number of W's. I'm not happy about it, but there isn't much I can do about it now.

I'll definitely be honest and let them know that the earlier ones (from years, and years ago was just due to immaturity and not ready for school), but the latter ones are due to personal issues and it can even be tracked that my grades were satisfactory, and nothing to do with laziness. While I didn't go into it in my PS, the circumstances around it will have explained it.

I know students that withdraw from at least one class almost every semester. The second they get a bad test score, or just don't want to work, they're out of there.

I wouldn't pay for any of the classes my kid withdrew from. I can't believe their parents put up with all that wasted money. Suckers.

This, of course, I've seen and don't agree with at all.

 

[AdemTD]

When I spoke with the admissions director of a "top tier" medical school, he said that as long as Ws are sparse (2 or 3) and don't form any pattern (i.e. once or more a semester, etc.), then it isn't going to be an issue.