<p>In February I dropped my AP Physics B class. At one point I was thinking about going into engineering or the medical field yet I changed my mind and decided that I wanted to major in accounting and I realized that physics isn't really necessary in that field. I received an A in the class in the first semester and still had an A when I dropped it so it wasn't because I was worried about my grade at all. I was planning on going to a school that wasn't as top notch as Wash U so I asked them before hand and they didn't care. Yet, financially things didn't work out with the school that I had asked and now I've officially committed to Wash U and I'm a bit worried that they might care that I dropped the class. I talked to admissions and they said they'd review it once I send in my final transcript and they'll probably send me a notice that they're doing so. Should I be worried that they're going to revoke my admission?</p>
<p>Although I personally would not have dropped the course (because I wouldn’t want to deal with this issue), you did the right thing in contacting admissions first. It is probably their protocol to review schedule changes.</p>
<p>In your case, it seems like they’d be understanding once you are allowed to explained. Maybe current students know of specific examples of this happening and can provide better insight than I can.</p>
<p>You should be fine. To get revoked admissions, you literally have to fail, crash your GPA (like by 2.0 or something), or do something really stupid. As long as you explain your situation and career choice change they shouldn’t care that much since it is also really easy to change schools.</p>
<p>Thanks for your opinions. I’m just worried because my senior schedule without physics has only 4 classes (AP Calc. BC, AP Psych, AP English Lit, and AP US Gov.) and I feel like that might seem like too easy of a schedule… which it sort of is probably. Is there anything I can do besides just sit and wait till after school is over and they receive my final transcript? Should I offer to take a physics class at a local community college or something over the summer?</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. If you are changing your major to accounting, physics is not exactly useful. You won’t be the only kid with senioritis or currently having an easier schedule. I’m pretty sure there are plenty of accepted students that are worse right now :P. As long as you keep your grades relatively high for the courses you currently have, WashU should have absolutely no reason to revoke your admission.</p>
<p>I also dropped a class in 2nd semester, similar situation as you. I called the admission office today, and they told me that I would be fine. So don’t worry :)</p>