Help: withdrawal from class 4th year?

[rosie123 2]

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.

[Bambi 1,716]

Rosie, it’s not a biggie and if it may help you, go for it without thinking twice. Good luck!

[rosie123 2]

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 

[Bambi 1,716]

Not to my knowledge.

[Meridian 237]

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 2]

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

[m_jacob_45 188]

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. 

[MedLife2018 5]

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.