<p>I'm taking Calc II right now for winter and and will probably end up getting a C in the class. Should I just drop it, get a W, and retake it in the spring or just get a C? I'm an econ major applying to ucla ucb ucsd and usc</p>
<p>i say take the W. </p>
<p>i would imagine “personal schedule conflict” looks better than “my teacher was bad”</p>
<p>If it would be the only W on your transcript, then I would take the W.</p>
<p>W dude. Doesn’t affect your GPA, a C will kill you because you can’t retake it. My counselor said that some students purposely get Ds or Fs if they think they’re going to get a C because then they can retake it with no harm to the GPA. Ws don’t really affect you, unless you rack up a bunch. But even still, much less harmful than a low GPA.</p>
<p>What is a W, can someone explain that to me?</p>
<p>…a w is a withdraw</p>
<p>if there is only one or two </p>
<p>ur fine</p>
<p>ok thanks guys. i think i will take a W since i dont have any yet.</p>
<p>If you don’t have any W, you can afford to take one this time. One W is easily brushed aside as a schedule conflict / unforeseen circumstances.</p>
<p>If you have many Ws, you can afford to take one more.</p>
<p>Anything in the middle is grey area, but probably take W anyway. It seems that lower state schools don’t care about Ws. Besides, it’s better to have one more W than to fail to fulfill transfer agreement conditions (if you’re transferring under that).</p>
<p>the agreement with my school is that you can not xfer more than 2 repeats. </p>
<p>i dont know if a W would count as a repeat if the same class appears in your schedule next semester, a C sure would though.</p>