Dropped out of 1st year course

[Guest alicia009999]

I dropped a course in my first year (though my transcript states it as a "voluntary withdrawal". Will this completely eliminate my chances of being accepted into a Canadian med school?

[Guest browsing]

your chances may be reduced, but here's how to fix it:

a) if you were having personal/medical problems

apply as a mature/grad student

c) make up for the missing credit through summer/correspondence/next school year

[Guest neddy15]

i don't understand why your chances of getting in would be diminished at all. if you dropped a course and you make it up, it makes no differences as long as you have the prerequisites, and the neccessary 15 courses. Can someone explain?

[Guest vaso vasorum]

Well, it certainly doesn't make your application look BETTER. I guess it shows something like not being able to complete what you start, or quitting instead of trying to work it back up, or a host of other annoying cliches. Who knows?

[Guest chin up]

I honestly don't think you have to worry, alicia009999. I've dropped a couple of courses with similar transcript comments to yours, and that didn't stop me from getting in this year.

 

I think that the comment about how it shows a "quitter" attitude could be valid, and it's true that it won't make your application any better, but as long as you've got your prerequisites and enough courses to fill in a proper course load, you're fine. Your marks - which I assume are good if you're applying to med school - should speak for the fact that you know how to work hard and see things through. (Ah, the annoying cliches... plenty of those on this road.)