<p>Already have one W, and I'm in a course that I am not prepared for so I can still obtain a C,C+ but that is it.</p>
<p>My counselor explained it this way to me. </p>
<p>Ws are treated as a grade. </p>
<p>it goes A, B, W, C, D, F</p>
<p>so there isnt "too many" but just realize that Ws are looked at as grades below a B.</p>
<p>^^^that makes no sense to me. W's aren't grades;they are withdrawal notices. How can they be graded if you dont know the circumstances behind them? Maybe I'm wrong, but I've never been told that...</p>
<p>I think what jin is trying to say is that schools know a W is hiding what would've been a bad grade. If someone had an A or a B in the class they most likely wouldn't have withdrawn. So when looking at your transcript schools assume that a W shows a course that you would have, if you'd completed it, gotten below a B in. I think this explanation makes perfect sense. Thanks jin!</p>
<p>or it could be a class that you would have gotten an f in, so why would they "credit" it as a c+/b-</p>
<p>Ive always thought W was D level.</p>
<p>I couldve avoided a couple B's with Ws, and have like a 3.7 gpa</p>
<p>its too late anyhow</p>
<p>^^^^yea, but I still think its unfounded to "grade" a class when you drop it, in many cases, a quarter or a third of the way through the semester.</p>
<p>plus its not always a grade matter. perhaps a personal issue came up, forcing you to take a lighter load...</p>
<p>I mean, clearly there are always individual circumstances that you can make a school aware of/schools will consider. For example if someone with a 4.0 all throughout college drops a class in their junior or senior year, they'll probably assume that there's a legitimate reason, and/or the student was getting a B or so and/or the withdrawal is insignificant because the student has already proven him/herself academically. However if a student has below a 3.0 and constantly seems unable to handle a full course load, it probably won't look very good.</p>