<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I've seen a few threads asking how withdrawals and "W" grades affect one's chances of being admitted to a graduate school program, but none about non-traditional students, so I thought I'd ask.</p>
<p>I'm almost 20 years into my career in the computer industry and am finishing the Bachelor's degree in Computer Science that I started in the early 1990s. I'm doing this part time while working full time; however, in the future, I hope to be able to take some significant time off from work to pursue graduate studies in Computer Science.</p>
<p>What I'm worried about is that I currently have 4 withdrawals on my transcript. One is from the early 1990s, but three are from the past four years. One of those three was from a math class that I realized (after the Drop deadline) was something I'd already taken under another course name at another university. The other two have to do with circumstances at work interfering with my ability to finish the classwork.</p>
<p>I'm wondering how much these withdrawals will hurt me when I apply to grad school. Do graduate admission committees give some slack to non-trad students who were working full-time while studying? Will the fact that my GPA across all classes is about 3.7 help? If I finish my remaining 48 credits with no Ws, will that make a difference? What about re-taking classes?</p>
<p>I have no real insight into how graduate admissions work, so any answers or opinions would be very helpful. Thanks!</p>