<p>I have 3 "w" in my transcipt now, two are transferable, one is not. My gpa now is 3.89, will the two "w" in my transcript affect my chance transfer to UCLA a lot? My counsellor says UC Berkeley doesn't want any W grade in the transcript, is that true? Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Better start looking into Merced and Riverside.</p>
<p>I thought W’s didn’t matter much.</p>
<p>Think as if you were an admissions officer. You have two equal candidates. One has no W’s, and the other has a bunch. Who do you take? Unless the W’s were explained in the essay, I would expect the student without the W’s to get accepted.</p>
<p>Uh, UChopeful get your facts right. Its at these times that I’m really concerned about the legitimacy of posters on CC.</p>
<p>W’s are insignificant unless you have like 10+. You are fine.</p>
<p>^Galbitang. Lets use some common sense. Even if you are told by everyone that W’s are insignificant, don’t you think if all other things are equal (which is very common of applicants to a prestigious school like Berkeley) that the admissions officers are going to use any, and all, known information to separate qualified candidates ? Wouldn’t you say that a candidate with 0 W’s paints a picture for the adcoms of a student who takes iniative, is determined, and responsible? </p>
<p>W’s definitely effect an applicant’s chances of getting into grad school because of the highly competitive nature of grad school admissions. I would say that applying to an impacted major at Berkeley is also highly competitive. They are going to use whatever information they have to separate the applicants.</p>
<p>UChopeful’s logic is correct, as well as his statement about graduate school admissions. </p>
<p>Obviously with TAG the amount of W’s doesn’t matter so you don’t have to look at UCR or UCM just yet. </p>
<p>I’m not an admission officer, so I’m not going to state how W’s affect one’s application. However admission officers and reps that I’ve talked to say that 1-3 W’s is acceptable and they “cross them out”.</p>
<p>I have 15.</p>
<p>@UChopeful: The fallacy in your logic is that you speak as if W’s are the tipping factor for admission’s officers. W’s are on the bottom of the list and are negligible unless there is a glaringly large amount of W’s.</p>
<p>The most important element they search for are extracurriculars.</p>
<p>I never said W’s were a primary criterion. I only said that it is not out of the realm of possibility that everything on your application could at least have a minimal effect on your chances for admission. I concede that probably in close to 99.99% of instances, W’s don’t make a difference, however, I still insist that you are short-sighted if you believe it could not potentially be a factor when your application is being ranked in committee. </p>
<p>I am curious if you have a source for your information. I want to see if you have “your facts straight”. I do not trust verbal sources. Until I see in writing that withdrawals have no effect on admissions decisions, I will continue to believe there is a chance they could be held against you. </p>
<p>To the OP, my original response was meant as a joke. You are still a very competitive applicant, and I doubt the W’s will have any effect. I was more or less making a point that anything can potentially factor into the admissions decision. I wish you the best of luck.</p>
<p>You’re contradicting yourself in your own post. If 99.99% of the time its not a factor then is it not in fact negligible? And then in the next sentence you imply I am “short-sighted” in the belief that W’s are in fact “potentially a factor.” (That is, .01% of the time)</p>
<p>I have seen your post in the other thread also in the subject of W’s and you are causing unnecessary concern among the CC community that W’s are a serious detriment.</p>
<p>My source of information (ironically, you yourself have none) you can find on this very website. Search and you will find a plethora of threads about W’s on transcripts. There are people who have transferred to UCLA and Berkeley who have testified they have had several W’s on their transcripts who have still been accepted. Unless there is an underground conspiracy movement to deceive the CC community, I think it is safe to say a few W’s are harmless in the UC transfer process.</p>
<p>First you say, “Its at these times that I’m really concerned about the legitimacy of posters on CC.” Then you go on to use those posters as a source. That is pretty self-serving, don’t you think?</p>
<p>You’re completely disregarding my argument. My argument is that any known information, including W’s, can potentially be used in the admissions process. The fact that students from CCC with 4.0 GPAS and all pre-major/unit requirements completed (which are the primary criteria for admission), tells me that other factors are used in the decision process. </p>
<p>But hey, keep living your life with blinders on and believe everything you read and hear. The ability to use logic or critcally think about a topic is clearly a skill you have yet to develop.</p>
<p>i think OP has a fair enough chance with his GPA.
(he never stated his major or anything, so that’d play a big part also)</p>
<p>W’s …in my opinion play more of a wildcard role rather than a red flag.</p>
<p>i liken D’s / F’s would be more like pooping your pants as opposed to a poop stain “w”</p>
<p>I think the point is that uchopeful is telling noodlesli to start looking at other schools despite their high GPA and a mere 3 Ws on their transcript now. The fact of the matter is not everyone applying to UCLA has a 4.0, so I’d say having a 3.8 is still very competitive, Regardless of the W’s.</p>
<p>just the blatant statement of telling the OP to think about merced and riverside is a bit… mean?</p>
<p>3.9 will let anyone have a lot of doors open for them.</p>
<p>3 Ws is no big deal, I wouldn’t worry about it at all. Worry about making sure you’re meeting ALL prerequisites and requirement.</p>
<p>LMAO. 3.9 w/ 3 W’s is nothing. No grad school is going to give a ***** about them if you continue to earn a high GPA in your final two years. They’ll be much more worried about test scores, essays, and your GPA at UC(insert letter(s)). UCH is one of those odd people on these boards that obtains pleasure and satisfaction from telling people with good, or even great, stats that they royally screwed themselves with a couple W’s or a ‘B’ because “If you have a 3.95 and another applicant has a 4.0, won’t they pick them over you every time?”</p>
<p>W’s aren’t factored in much for UC undergrad transfers unless there are a lot. graduate programs on the other hand will be quite a bit more bothered by them.</p>
<p>@UCHopeful210: You are making something simple far too complicated. Of course it may be perhaps a factor of admissions, but I will reiterate over and over and over and over again: a few W’s are NEGLIGIBLE in comparison to FAR more important elements. Therefore, allocation of concern should not be put towards W’s but to things such as extracurriculars and personal statement.</p>
<p>You yourself in fact did concede to this, no? Again I quote you ,“I concede that probably in close to 99.99% of instances, W’s don’t make a difference.” The centerpiece of this argument: If 99.99% of the time it is not a factor, why come onto these threads and cause people unnecessary concern?</p>
<p>And thanks for coming to the conclusion that I am mentally incompetent through an interwebz message board. ^_^v</p>
<p>UCH is a ******bag lol</p>