Worried about getting seat revoked

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I'm a senior in undergrad that decided to change career paths during my Junior year. I successfully applied and got accepted into at least one of my top choice pharmacy schools. I've paid the deposit and everything.

I completed all the pre-pharmacy prerequisites during the fall and have 15 hours of my original major (finance) to complete before I can graduate with a bachelor's. Problem is, these upper division classes are kicking my butt and I'm worried that I might legitimately fail one or two of them.

I'm worried that when I send in my Spring semester transcript, if I drop or fail one or two of these classes, the pharmacy school will then revoke my seat. I know that I should just do my best currently, and just call the school and ask them if I am that worried, but what I want are some opinions before I potentially contact them about it.

 

[deleted390966]

You can call the school anonymously to ask.

My opinion is that: If you can drop it, drop before you fail. A "W" is better than an "F".

 

[Sugoi Travis]

Take a W. I was in a similar situation and loaded a quarter with 4 upper div science classes and I got utterly destroyed. I got into pharmacy school just fine.

 

[IDontHateYou]

Bro, this is a no brainer.

You are already accepted. And most pharmacy schools don't require a bachelors, so not getting that bachelors wot hurt you. However, failing some classes might! Don't get an F... just withdraw. Retreat!!!! Keep the classes your okay with and drop the others. Even if you lose some money, I don't think thats worth losing your seat!!!

good luck. I think you'll be fine.

 

[GuyJoe1987]

Don't give in buddy....pharmacy school courses maybe tougher....if you withdraw, chances are you are also likely to redraw or fail your pharmacy school classes.....Keep fighting to get at least a C grade or better

 

[deleted480308]

Guyjoe is crazy as hell...don't let an F touch your transcript

 

[kevin martin]

Dude take a W.

 

[DesertPT]

Though it is true that most pharmacy schools do not require a bachelor's degree in order to matriculate, I would highly encourage you to do what you need to do to finish it. Obviously if you are definitely going to fail, don't let that F get on your transcript. Determine what you would have to do to get a C from this point forward, and if it's not likely to happen you have no choice but to drop.

But if you are 90%+ of the way to getting a finance degree and then don't end up with one, that really sucks. There is a good chance having that finance degree in your back pocket will really come in handy some day, especially if for some unforeseeable reason pharmacy doesn't work out for you. Always good to have a backup plan.

It could depend on when your program starts. If you are confident you won't pass the class, maybe you could drop it now and retake it in the summer before pharmacy school starts? Depends if it is offered in the summer of course, but then you could still get your B.S. done.

 

[68quebec]

if I were you, I wouldn't risk anything toward acceptance. make sure to PASS at least. You do not have to get A.

 

[Kavina]

It's still early enough in the semester, so you have time to turn things around. It's all about prioritization. I would do whatever you can to finish your bachelor's degree, since you've been working really hard towards it, and the pharmacy admissions committee might have taken into consideration that you will have a degree by the time you start school as a factor in your acceptance. Are you taking any non-essential classes right now for either your degree or a prereq that you can drop? Can you start hitting up the professor's office hours regularly? Tell them that you are struggling and are worried about failing. As long as you are approaching them early enough and not in May, I find most professors are willing to do what they can to help out.

It's really tough not to try and blow things off once you've gotten accepted (I'm going through the same struggles right now myself), but just stay strong. The next few months are going to suck, but think of it as practice for pharmacy school. Best of luck to you.

 

[Thestrugglez]

Not having a bachelor's might hurt you in the long run.

Hold off on dropping until the last possible withdraw date so you have more time to determine if you can pass.

Assuming you need all those classes to get
your degree, aim for Bs and Cs in all of them.

If all else fails, just take a W for 1 or 2 of them