<p>i am applying to law school next fall. right now i have a 3.93. All A's with one B</p>
<p>this summer i took some classes that were required to transfer to Cornell:</p>
<p>physics: B
stats: A
calculus: C</p>
<p>I am in serious risk of failing the final which will put me at a C. if i can convince my professor to let me withdraw, is it better to take the W or have the C on my transcript?</p>
<p>(i am looking at T10 law schools)</p>
<p>IF you can get a W (not a WF) it will not count or be factored in to you LSAC gpa</p>
<p>Even with a WF, can’t you just retake it and replace the WF on your GPA? better to have a 3 than a 2…but maybe I’m wrong. I know that for nursing, if you have a C it’s better to just optionally fail by not taking the final and then retaking the class, than getting a C and not being able to replace that C.</p>
<p>dmeggs, apparantely you don’t understand LSAC GPA’s. </p>
<p>OP the W is of course better as long as it’s a W. But if it’s a WF than of course a C is better. BTW, At this point one C will not hurt you to much anyways.</p>
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<p>If you take a course and replace the grade, if both grades are on the transcript, the LSAC factors in both grades. In the scenario you presented the WF is factored in like an if even if the student retakes and passes the course.</p>
<p>I agree with Patriot, at this stage of the game taking one C will not kill your GPA</p>
<p>Only if your school penalizes you for taking a W will it affect your LSAC GPA. I doubt it does.</p>
<p>I do not know about your school, but most schools have a W deadline well before the final. If your professor agrees to let you take a W at this stage (which he or she should not) that may be technically against school rules.</p>
<p>yeah i realized you can’t withdraw form the class after the midpoint. i ended up with a C in the class 
i guess i will see what my gpa is when i apply to law school, but i feel like i just completly blew my chances at hyps and the rest of the top 10.</p>
<p>Calm down. One C is not going to blow your chances at a top 10 school especially if you kill the LSAT</p>
<p>Yup, your gpa will probably at most drop to about a 3.88, and that is probably too much. And 3.88 is above or at median for basically every single school in the top ten save yale and stanford I think. The LSAT is what matters most to you at this point.</p>