<p>Okay so I'm a second semester senior and I'm taking an AP class that's pretty difficult right now (I'm at a 67, yikes).
The way my school works is that we have one semester of 4 classes and another semester of 4 completely different classes so that means I'm basically about a month into this class and if I dropped I'd get a "W" for the first quarter (we have finals every quarter).
It's a slightly more complicated system than the block, but to me it makes a little more sense.</p>
<p>ANYWAYS, I've applied to a bunch of schools and I was wondering how ONE "W" on my final transcript is going to affect my admissions outcomes. I understand it's better to get a B in a class than a W but is it really worse to get a W than a D?</p>
<p>I heard the UCs don't really care if you have a couple but I was wondering how places like Brown and Washington University in St. Louis would feel if they saw that I had a "W?"</p>
<p>I know people are going to say "oh, just STUDY more!" but it's difficult even with the studying; tests are hard, man.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>