rosie123 2 Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Okay so I’m 4th year UG and I’m thinking of withdrawing from a class, which means I won’t graduate this spring, but in fall. I’m not too worried about my delayed graduation, I was taking extra courses next fall anyway but how are Ws brought up in med interviews :/ it’s my only W and it’s not just bc I’m flunking the class to maintain a good gpa, I already have 2 C’s and a fair amount of B’s and so I’m borderline at a competitive gpa, 3.8ish I’m sitting at a B-, but that’s only bc of my assignment, I got 50-60% range in my midterms, which supposedly are what the final is like. I feel like the most I could do in a B- and a pretty good chance I’ll get a C. Ugh probably seems dumb but advice would be appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bambi 1,683 Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Rosie, it’s not a biggie and if it may help you, go for it without thinking twice. Good luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rosie123 2 Posted March 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 18 minutes ago, Bambi said: Rosie, it’s not a biggie and if it may help you, go for it without thinking twice. Good luck! Thanks for your reply Do you know if interviewers ask about specific grades in panel? I feel like I need to prepare my self Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bambi 1,683 Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Not to my knowledge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meridian 237 Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 The trade-off you may be making dropping the course is losing ability to use weighted wGPA at U of T. Do you have full course load in years 1-4 ? If you drop that course you can still apply to U of T but using your cGPA only. If you keep it, you can drop 8 half courses from your wGPA. Review where you will apply and how they treat a full course load. rosie123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rosie123 2 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 21 hours ago, Meridian said: The trade-off you may be making dropping the course is losing ability to use weighted wGPA at U of T. Do you have full course load in years 1-4 ? If you drop that course you can still apply to U of T but using your cGPA only. If you keep it, you can drop 8 half courses from your wGPA. Review where you will apply and how they treat a full course load. Appreciate the reply, I feel like I’m going ahead with the W, hopefully won’t affect me much for UofA and UofC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m_jacob_45 188 Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 I had 1 W and nobody cared in my interviews, however, it was in first year so it may have been considered less of a big deal since it was earlier on. As mentioned by somebody else, the biggest downside of it was I lost my weighting for U of T. rosie123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MedLife2018 5 Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 I had a W in my 3rd year and applied at U of A. They did not ask me about it and it did not seem to affect my application. rosie123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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