How bad does a W look on a transcript for Transfer?

Transfer Students
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Hi

It seems likely that I’m going to get a W for BIO101 this semester. My GPA from last semester is a 4.0 and I’m pretty sure I’ll get one this time too. (Fingers crossed lol) My grades in all the assignments and midterms all are As too, however, my current college has a policy of not allowing you to take the final if you miss more than 4 classes out of 24 total classes. (80 % attendance rule) I could not attend 5 because of some severe family problems which I tried explaining to the management but it doesn’t look likely that they’ll let me take the final. Will this W look terrible for my chances of transfer? I’m planning to apply to schools like Amherst, Cornell, Tufts etc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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One W is not a big problem.

One F would be.

Embrace the W, and move on.

The next time you have a big family problem that starts to affect your attendance, get ahead of the issue with your instructor and the college dean. Sometimes no exceptions can be made, but sometimes they can.

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Thank you for the advice! and yeah I learned my lesson lol.