<p>Sorry I have to make another thread when I have another one on summer school but it's a little urgent. I am currently a junior in high school and I plan to go to a CCC after I graduate to transfer to a UC. Last summer I signed up for a Business Statistics class to boost my high school GPA (back when I planned to go straight to a four-year university) but I dropped the class a few days after the deadline to drop classes because of some personal issues. </p>
<p>I plan to go to CC during the summer to get a start on my CC GPA but I just heard in another thread here that a W really hurts your GPA. Is this true? From what I heard (even from the counselor at the CC), it is OK to have two or less and that it won't affect your GPA. Would be great if someone can clear this up for me. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>So it doesn't affect your GPA at all for UC schools? I don't plan on getting anymore W's so is having just one something that they will not really care about or affect my chance of admission?</p>
<p>W's will never affect your GPA, regardless of how many you have; think of them, in terms of GPA, as a CR/NC class. However, W's do hold a negative connotation, and I am not entirely sure as to how negative they may be, or if the negativity can be quantitatively measured --my suspicion is that the negative impact of a W may only be qualitative.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link, that cleared my mind a little but does it really affect your chances when applying to grad school? And do I need to make up the W that I got for the Business Stats class? It is not a pre-req in the major I want to get into. Infact, I only really took the class because my friend really wanted to take it to boost his GPA so I just took it with him.</p>
<p>I've heard that a few W's (roughly 3) might affect your chances at a grad school. If at the very least, you will more than likely be asked to account for them during the interview portion of the application.<--- gleaned from posts at the studentdoctor forums. </p>
<p>But you should be fine with just the one W.</p>
<p>As far as retaking the course is concerned, I'm really not sure how to answer that. I ended up retaking my one and only W, but i'm not really sure if it was necessary to do so.</p>
<p>I read the thread and it said you had 7 back when it was posted and that you would not get anymore but here you are with 9, haha. </p>
<p>Did you end up making up any of those classes though? Do I have to at all? Again, it is not an IGETC or pre-req class, just a class I took with a friend because he wanted to boost his high school GPA. I did not even know I was bound for CC after high school at the time.</p>
<p>yah withdrawing became a habit.... bad thing;; no more W's though cuz i dont want double digit W's..
i didn't make up all the classes... probably half of it.</p>
<p>Wow, just saw the person who got into UCLA with 13 W's. I guess it doesn't really seem to matter that much? Nonetheless, I really don't want another. I'm kind of obsessed with keeping my stats clean and perfect. Gotta get into UCLA or Cal for sure, you know? (;</p>
<p>Yep, W's only really play a part when it comes time for grad school. Just make sure to kick butt when you transfer and do some EC's when you get there, and you'll be fine. :D </p>
<p>Also, straight A's in CAL? Good luck with that. ;)</p>
<p>19W's not 13. Unlike you slackers I had a good reason.</p>
<p>Also, i went to college at 16, i had to take a math that didnt even transfer and i withdrew from a handful of courses that did not transfer, that is probably why it did not matter nearly as much. If you look at my transcripts it is bio, chem, calc 1,2,3, that i never withdrew form and have all As in. I really withdrew from mainly stuff that never mattered. </p>
<p>Plus i withdrew from two whole terms at UCLA. And yet i am still going to grad school, (i transfered to a 5 year accounting-ms.accounting program) </p>
<p>My point is that having even excessive Ws will not harm you if there is a real reason behind it.... like for me it was that my mom has cancer, so even at UCLA there were times i had to go back home or there were times i had to withdraw and work to help out at home., If you just withdraw b/c its hard, then your a slacker.</p>
<p>I actually withdrew not because it was hard or because I had any real personal issues. Yes, I did withdraw because it just could not fit into my schedule but I didn't really know anything about W's and such. It's when I dropped the class that I found out that I passed the deadline which would get me the W. So I guess it was just pure mistake that I got it. Or ignorance, haha. </p>
<p>Just wondering, what were your stats and major even with the 6 W's?</p>
<p>Guyy- I'm a Molecular and Cell Biology (emphasis in biochem) major. We cover a lot of material very fast. Honestly, the material we cover isn't that difficult, but there is a lot of it. Plus my professors have a sense of humor which keeps the material from getting too dry. </p>
<p>bluescreen11- I only retook the classes that were major/GE requirements. I have a W in microeconomics, never bothered to retake that class.</p>