will withdrawing from a post bac class hurt my post interview chances?

[gatorade848]

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during my gap year i am taking multiple high level bio classes to improve my gpa while applying; there are 3 high level bio classes and I have interviewed at 3 MD schools so far. However, I am also taking intro ecology as a place filler and as weeks gone by I realized the course is a waste of time and it really has nothing to do with medicine, unlike one ecology class I took last semester.

now if I withdraw from this intro ecology and notify the schools I interviewed at, will this W affect my chance of acceptance?

 

[gatorade848]

maybe this should be moved to post bacc section? lol I am studying for this ecology test and I am like "wtf did I take this class?!? I dont give a crap about different layers in the soil"

 

[mauberley]

during my gap year i am taking multiple high level bio classes to improve my gpa while applying; there are 3 high level bio classes and I have interviewed at 3 MD schools so far. However, I am also taking intro ecology as a place filler and as weeks gone by I realized the course is a waste of time and it really has nothing to do with medicine, unlike one ecology class I took last semester.

now if I withdraw from this intro ecology and notify the schools I interviewed at, will this W affect my chance of acceptance?

My opinion: no.

 

[gatorade848]

the class is at the weird time too that kinda prevents me from volunteering/shadowing for extended period of time. I am busy on T/Th, and on WMF this ecology class is from 9-10 and I have another class from 12-1; my sister get off class at 3 and I have to babysit her and her friends until 6. if I withdraw I can use the early mornings for those EC stuff...

 

[lxz]

No

 

[gatorade848]

in college I already had to withdraw from orgo I due to low grades; but I destroyed it the second time i took it, getting A in both I and II and the professor even ended up writing my rec letters. kinda apprehensive about getting another W, but I am leaning toward withdraw from this intro ecology simply because i cant stand the class lol. thanks for the answers