<p>I know colleges put considerable weight on the number of classes you've dropped. Has anybody dropped more than 2?</p>
<p>I have dropped 3</p>
<p>That's weird... my school definitely doesn't list dropped courses on the transcript... they list withdrawn though...</p>
<p>I have 4 withdrawn courses, BUT-- they were all the same semester, I had to withdraw from the school entirely due to illness. It's been cured, though (easy to cure, but not easy to diagnose, was the problem).</p>
<p>Mead13... they do? do you mean with W's or dropped in general within a couple of days? where did you find this information?</p>
<p>anisky, i agree, that is weird. because my school doesnt list dropped courses on our transcripts either, so how will the UC's know?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure if you drop them in time, it doesn't matter. only W's (withdrawls) work against you.</p>
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<p>Actually, I think one or two will not hurt, more than that will require an explanation.</p>
<p>Where do you get your information from? I abhor it when individuals post information that are supposedly "facts."</p>
<p>I go to two schools... one lists the courses you've dropped (even if you've dropped them on time), and the other does not. However, for the former, they are only listed on the semester transcript, not the unofficial or official ones.</p>
<p>nspeds: from my counselor....</p>
<p>I'm not sure where anybody gets the impression that drops and withdrawals are different; they're the same thing. Withdrawal is just a more technical word.</p>
<p>One or two dropped classes won't hurt you. I think what schools are more interested in is whether you've dropped a number of classes successively. Obviously there are lots of people who drop out of school and thus drop a handful of classes in one semester. But if you drop a class, say, every semester or two, that's another story.</p>
<p>And I'm almost certain withdrawals show up on all transcripts for all colleges. A "W" is a grade just like any other</p>
<p>That probably makes no sense, but I'm tired.</p>
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<p>Here is a minor piece of information that may help: different universities have different policies on how they weigh W's. Moreover, the only way they measure against you is if there is a pattern of W's; one or two do not necessarily have a negative effect. I am not going to claim that your counselor is wrong, but I have multiple sources who contradict her claim.</p>
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no, in this context they are two very different things. Dropping a class is dropping it within the first two weeks or whatever the time period is. It disappears from your record pretty much as if you had never registered for it.
Withdrawing for a course can be done much further into the course, for different reasons. Often, a student is not doing well and does not want the class to affect their gpa (there may be other reasons). The class appears on your transcript as a W. see how too many might look bad?</p>
<p>I've dropped classes less than two weeks into the semester, and others two months into the semester. Both show up as W on my transcripts.</p>
<p>Mead13: different schools have dif. policies re: time limits. i'm pretty sure at my CC its 2 weeks. every instructor makes the 'W' date (as opposed to refund/no-W date) pretty clear early on in the quarter.</p>
<p>My school has a pretty official "This is the last day to Drop a class.", and about a month and a half later, "This is the last day to Withdraw from a class." Drop is as though it never existed-- it's sort of like a shopping period. Withdraws appear.</p>