How will 7 W's affect my admission for 2014?(UCB,UCLA)

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<p>I'm an Economics major with a 3.92, but I feel that my W's will weigh me down. Anyone have any experience with excessive amounts of W's?</p>

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<p>I think you have to have at least 20 withdrawals before any of the UCs start to think it may be an excessive amount.</p>

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<p>Various opinions here:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/373907-how-many-ws-you-have-effect-chance.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/373907-how-many-ws-you-have-effect-chance.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I had 6 W’s and was accepted to Davis, SB, and Santa Cruz as an Econ major.</p>

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<p>It depends on why you have so many W’s. If you have a legitimate reason that you can explain in your application (health issues, death in the family, etc.) then it shouldn’t be an issue. I had 6 W’s on my transcript, but I was able to explain it in my application and I was accepted to Cal, UCLA, UCSD, and UCSB (all of the schools I applied to). </p>

<p>If you can’t provide an explanation it may impact your at UCLA because Economics is such an impacted major, but for Cal it shouldn’t matter.</p>

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<p>as long as its not a constant trend and you talk about them in your addiional information on your UC app.
I had 4 and had a lower gpa than you but I got into UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCD.
My major is MCB</p>

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<p>Isnt econ at Cal impacted too?</p>

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<p>I had 9 W’s and was accepted to UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, and UC Riverside.</p>