pompompurin said:
Hey
Has anyone withdrew from a postbac class and received a "W" on their transcript? How do med schools react to it...
Same way they would react to one as an undergrad, and depending on circumstances react worse. Cant say how if we don't know:
1) Your reasons for getting a W. You got one because you were going to get a bad grade in the class, or was there a medical emergency? Latter being a good reason.
2) How many W's you have already as an undergrad and/or post-bacc. Obviously more in either case is bad.
3) How many classes were you taking at the time. If you had 6 classes that quarter or semester, and got a W in one, it would look a tad better than just getting a W in the only class you are taking.
It may look worse as a post-bacc, especially if you are trying to do GPA rehab and you had 2 or more W's...especially in the same class. Post-bacc is where you are supposed to be "more motivated" and have a whole new perspective on getting into med school. To get W's in an undergrad class because you were afraid taking a bad grade will hurt your GPA kinda comes off as more or less hiding that you could handle a class. As hard as a class is, you should know what you were getting yourself into, and poor teachers is not really a reason because there are people that still do well, and you will have to deal with a bad teacher at one point or another without having the option of dropping it to take someone else.
Of course if this is your only 1, no sweat.
If you had a solid reason (e.g.: family illness, etc), then that is OK ,which implies you didn't have many W's in the first place because having issues come up quarterly/semesterly just means that you should have decided to take the year off to deal with it rather than drop classes or do poorly in them. These justifiable reasons can be addressed in the PS. But if this is a habitual thing, unrelated to good reasons, I'd be concerned,
...not for your med application, but for you as a student. You should reconsider your study habits, and/or goals.
