Withdraw/major affecting admission?

[Pawel Szcz]

Note: Before anyone directs me to my advisor, i already spoke to him and he's clueless). I am currently a sophomore in college and I picked up several quite difficult courses (calculus based physics, botany, and O.Chem - as you are probably aware these are all accompanied with a 2-4 hour lab). I am having a ton of trouble balancing all these courses and wanted to withdraw from calculus based physics and take it next year (the Temple U. School of Pharmacy only requires algebra based physics). My problem is that this would be my second Withdraw (not from the same course). I still would have fulfilled all the correct pre-requisites for the program because I would take the same course next semester but would the admission look down upon the 2 W's on my transcript (I would end up getting an A in the physics course because I know I can master the material but I am just having trouble balancing it all from a time standpoint). Side note: withdrawing this course would cause me to be considered "part-time" for just this semester - I understand that part-time students are weighted a bit differently in admissions but will just ONE semester of part time affect their decision that much? My second question is I called the admissions for said pharmacy school and they told me that they do not weight acceptance based off of whether or not you have a major. In other words, if student A and B had the same GPA, and PCAT scores but student A had a B.A. in major "x" in a science/math related field and student B did not, would the admissions see that as a determining factor? He told me the only difference is that if you were to have a B.A. that they would wave you and bypass a few electives you would normally have to take. I am stressing an unbelievable amount over these issues, please help!

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[pharmdx92]

If your question is it okay to have a few W's on your transcript then the answer is yes. It is perfectly fine as long as you can explain them if they ever come up. Your major does not matter either for pharmacy school. There was a guy that was a sociology major that got accepted because he did great in all his pre-reqs.

 

[nomad339]

Ws are better than Fs.

On a side note, break up your future posts into paragraphs for ease of reading.

GL!!

 

[Amicable Angora]

I was going to suggest you withdraw until I noticed that you said you would fall into part time status. If you're one of those guys who is taking 3-4 courses only and struggling you might want to seriously reconsider pharmacy school.

The workload in pharmacy school is brutal, and there is no way to withdraw from courses without it setting you back a semester, or more usually, a year.