Withdrawing 3 times from same class?

[lifeohlife]

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How bad is it to withdraw form the same class 3 times? This is a bio 1 course... And I'm a sophomore now. I have two more exams to go...but I'm losing hope...
At this point I'm obviously planning to do a post Bac. But when admissions see this on my transcript is it going to be really bad even if I do well in post Bac and the DAT?
🙁

 

[el_duderino]

Why have you withdrawn 2-3 times?

 

[GypsyHummus]

OP,

I was in a similar situation a couple years ago. If you are serious about getting through this, heed my advice: take this course at a different college. I took chem 3 times: one a W, second a C, both at the same college. The third I took it at a different university and scored an A. Sometimes you just need a different setting.

 

[lifeohlife]

The tests have been extremely difficult, and since they are all application based, I have such a hard time with it. The class avg exam score is usually 65-67 but I've been consistently getting 30-40 on them.

 

[kholley25]

It's a red flag but so is dropping your GPA from not doing well in the course. Withdraw and retake at a different University or different professor like the other poster suggested.

 

[el_duderino]

Honestly, if you're having that much trouble with a Bio 1 class....

Get help studying.

 

[BeaverLover]

Its gonna look bad, but I can see it being overlooked if you get your stuff together and start getting higher grades + high DAT. Are you utilizing office hours?

 

[Ollivander]

I had a W in gen chem 1, then another, then I transferred and made an A. I'd advise considering transferring this early on this path. Good luck.

 

[Kittenz]

I had a W, and sometimes you just do badly because you don't mix well with the professor or have problems outside of school. However, 3 W's from the same course kind of eliminates either if those 2 "excuses." You're too early in on your academic career to assume you're not good enough of an applicant and are required to do a post-bac in order to gain admission to dental school. Those W's won't define you as an applicant so long as you're putting your best foot forward and show academic improvement along with your other application materials. Focus on what you can do now and not what you can do later. For now, you can seek out as much additional support as necessary and hold out on extracurriculars and other additional application criteria and instead focus on learning how you learn best in science classes. Once you've gained a foothold, then you can add additional responsibilities necessary for a successful application. You're only on an introductory science course, you've got plenty of time to present an upward trend if you focus on accomplishing instead of remediating.

 

[Roosevelt32]

what school is that?

 

[lifeohlife]

@Kittenz - Thank you for replying sincerely. I'm honestly so lost at this point. Doing badly thrice in the SAME class (same professor though) really makes me depressed. Sometimes I think of giving up because I feel like I'm not qualified enough to continue on this path. I really want to go into dentistry, but my grades and attempts tell me otherwise. I really can't imagine myself doing anything else other than dentistry as it has been my dream for more than 10 years. Should I seek for a legit tutor and stay in the class (two more exams including the final), or should I withdraw for the third time? And let me tell you, I do go to office hours and review sessions. However, it obviously seems like it didn't help me much. People here seem to be telling me to withdraw though?

@Roosevelt32 - lol for confidentiality purposes I'll just say that I go to a uni. in the U.S. ranked somewhere within the top 30 schools.

 

[el_duderino]

You need to speak to your school's learning specialist and figure out what's wrong with your study habits and preparation.

 

[kholley25]

How are you grades in other courses?

And you've taken the course 3 times with the same professor? That's your problem IMO.

 

[lifeohlife]

lol I took it once with one professor and two times with the another professor. I thought maybe since I know her the way her tests were formatted I would do better.....clearly that was not the case.
I'm doing fine in my other classes. It's mainly just bio.

 

[Evistor]

I got 3 Fs for Orgo1 and got a A on 4th try..

 

[lifeohlife]

@Evistor - Seriously? Wow, I admire your determination. That's amazing!

 

[GypsyHummus]

I got 3 Fs for Orgo1 and got a A on 4th try..

Eventually, it just clicks

 

[RuffDay]

Anyone wants to shed some light? I got couple of interviews, but did pretty bad on my fall semester 2014. ~2.8 GPA, but the rest was above 3.6. I am a reapplicant by the way. During that time , I interviewed at one school and just felt stressed out not getting in December 1st and that affected my grades. It was my last semester, and I guess I got sorta lazy as well. How can I explain this without making any excuses? I just know that I am confident in bringing my A game if I am accepted to dental school.

 

[Ollivander]

I got 3 Fs for Orgo1 and got a A on 4th try..

Holy....are you in dental school or have you been accepted? If so there is truly hope for me. I'm on the verge of failing biochemistry and may have to retake it. This post gives me so much hope it's crazy.

 

[HookahLungs]

Eventually, it just clicks

It better after 2 years of it, no offense to student

 

[Evistor]

@Evistor - Seriously? Wow, I admire your determination. That's amazing!

Yes!

after 3 attempts they would not let me retake the class so I ended up graduating with a different degree.

Later when I decided to go for dentistry I was a completely different person.

Eventually, it just clicks

true

Holy....are you in dental school or have you been accepted? If so there is truly hope for me. I'm on the verge of failing biochemistry and may have to retake it. This post gives me so much hope it's crazy.

I got 3 interviews so far but you have to consider my DAT score as well. 🙂

It better after 2 years of it, no offense to student

non taken 🙂

 

[doc toothache]

Withdrawing 3 times from the same class is probably on par with taking the DAT 3 times. A career that is science based is not for everybody.

 

[GypsyHummus]

Withdrawing 3 times from the same class is probably on par with taking the DAT 3 times. A career that is science based is not for everybody.

Im sure there are people in Dental school now who took the DAT 3 times.

 

[Ollivander]

Withdrawing 3 times from the same class is probably on par with taking the DAT 3 times. A career that is science based is not for everybody.

You're acting as though one course defines whether or not you will succeed as a dentist or in dental school. I don't believe that to be true. A person can struggle in one subject but excel in the majority of others.

 

[aznriptide859]

Except biology is the foundation to which all professional health fields are based on. If you're not grasping the absolute basics...well then something must be wrong.