<p>I have always been a great students. My overall GPA is 3.5</p>
<p>But last semester I thought of changing majors so I took a lot of classes outside of my original major. Later I changed the mind back so I decided to drop the semester, since it's all useless courses anyway. Another reason I wanted to drop the semester is because I had an outside entrepeneur venture so I wanted to take a year off. </p>
<p>My entrepeneur venture turned out to be a success and I've won an award.</p>
<p>Now I want to finish my study. Here is the thing, and this is making me very stressed out.</p>
<p>For some reason I wasn't dropped from that last semester. I thought I was dropped but it turned out I wasn't. They say I missed the deadline or I remembered the deadline wrong. So instead of "WITHDRAWS", I ended up flunking all the classes last semester since I wasn't even there.</p>
<p>This killed my GPA. I have always been an A and B student. But how can I straighten this out? </p>
<p>I didn't FLUNK those classes in a traditional sense. I didn't go to classes and do poorly on everything. I actually was getting an A at the start before I decided to drop, then afterward I never did anything afterward. </p>
<p>I made a mistake. I was too careless to miss the deadline. If only I had try to withdraw just maybe a week earlier, I would've been fine. I've learned my lesson. But I feel this lesson is too cruel. I'm a hardworking person with big dreams and I care about my future, as shown by my previous grades and other accomplishments. </p>
<p>PLEASE HELP ME. What are my options?</p>
<p>I don't think I deserve those Fs for that semester. I wish to change them to "Ws" (withdraws)</p>
<p>Hmmmmm are you a high school or college student? You are posting in a college admissions forum so i'm assuming that you are in high school; if so, you must be an international applicant. I don't know about the policy at your school, but if you can convey that you made a mistake to your "chancellor" (is that like a guidance counselor?) then you should be alright. </p>
<p>If not, you could always include a note in your application clearly explaining the situation, although I think it would definitely look better if you go with the first option.</p>
<p>When you dropped your courses, did you inform your professors that you were dropping (at some schools they must sign off at least stating that they are aware you are dropping their class.</p>
<p>Did you go through the formal process of dropping your classes through the registrar? That is the only way it shows up as W's on your transcript.</p>
<p>Do you have any paperwork from when you went to the registrar to drop (as usually you get a copy of your drop request)?</p>
<p>Have you spoken to your class dean about this?</p>
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I made a mistake. I was too careless to miss the deadline. If only I had try to withdraw just maybe a week earlier, I would've been fine. I've learned my lesson. But I feel this lesson is too cruel. I'm a hardworking person with big dreams and I care about my future, as shown by my previous grades and other accomplishments.
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<p>Sorry about the second post, but from reading this section you may be stuck as the registrar is not going to change your grades for not following the process. Since you did not formally drop your courses, you got F's because of excessive absence and the fact that you have no midterms, finals or papers. The colelge places the ownership on you and may be very unwilling to change your grades. The down side of your college transcript is that it never goes away. When you get a "W" you went through the formal process of dropping the course and the college indicatres that on your transcript.</p>