How Many Withdrawals Is Too Many?

Transfer Students
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<p>I currently have 4 W's on my transcript - I actually only dropped 3 courses, but I racked up another W from the 0-credit lab component to the physics course I dropped. The first 2 W's came from second semester of freshman year. I made the (huge) mistake of thinking I could handle a 19 hour school load in addition to 30+ hour work load. I dropped the physics course (and the lab component) last semester. </p>

<p>Anyway, how badly will the W's lower my chances of being accepted?</p>

<p>Edit: I forgot to mention that one of my professors is addressing the 2 W's I received during freshman year in her LOR. She is going to emphasize the fact that she was the one who advised me to cut down my load that semester seeing as it was affecting my school work, etc. </p>

<p>Also, I should probably mention that I'm applying as a rising junior to the following schools:
University of North Carolina
Vanderbilt
University of Oklahoma
University of Colorado
Texas A&M</p>

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<p>I would say it depends on a lot of factors. </p>

<p>1) Are the dropped courses related in anyway to your major? (Ex dropping chem as a bio major) </p>

<p>2) How many credits do you have?</p>

<p>3) competitiveness of schools. (Your schools are fairly competitive.) </p>

<p>4)GPA.</p>

<p>I considered withdrawing from a class, but I talked to an admissions counselor at a university (USC) and she said W’s are looked upon badly. And that’s just one W. I would say that 4 W’s isn’t good. Its all dependent on schools. Good luck though!</p>

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<p>Well, that sucks.</p>

<p>FYI, though:</p>

<p>(1) No.</p>

<p>(2) 42 (55 at the end of current semester)</p>

<p>(3) Competitive</p>

<p>(4) 3.71</p>

<p>(And, if you’re interested, the [thread=1267275]rest of my stats[/thread].)</p>