<p>Hello,
I have just started community college (freshmen) and I plan to transfer to either UCLA OR UCI.</p>
<p>I am in a super hard political science class that I do not need. I am following IGETC format and I will already have the 3 courses that I need. Anth and Econ 1 and 2.</p>
<p>This political science class is going to bring me GPA down.
I have the only B in this class the rest are A's.</p>
<p>Do you think I should withdraw or stay in the class.
Also does withdrawing a class look bad when you transfer?</p>
<p>I understand that, but this is one of those teachers that lectures all semester and the gives a huge test at the end. Its going to be hard and could jeopardize where I get accepted.</p>
<p>Hmm, well the most difficult poli sci class I had was by far Comparative Politics, which I got a B in. Intro, International, and American Government tend to be easier. What I did find out is Comp Poli Sci is considered highly transferable and a serious course but colleges generally won’t hold a B in it against a potential transfer. If its Comp Poli Sci that is generally considered more of a 2nd(to 3rd) year or sophomore level college course.
That said I do agree with Monkey that unless you are getting a C you are a quitter and just wasted your time more than anything. If anything I’d take it P/NP if worried about your GPA. I would convert to P/NP before would take a W but I just ended up sticking it out and doing the best I could. I think I stayed in the class because liked the teacher who i thought was interesting, funny, fair, and firm but his tests were not easy!
If you are allergic to being self motivated, studying, and taking difficult exams of material not covered in class you are going to hate UCLA!!!</p>
<p>hey, don’t get me wrong. I am very self motivated. I wake up before the sun comes up to study. And I do study a lot, I just really really want UCLA so I’m trying hardest to remove any obstacle I can. I do understand studying goes hand in hand with success. But, I was just wondering what others in my position would do. GPA was a 4.0 until today when my grade dropped to a B, now its a 3.7. I want to study either business or economics.</p>
<p>By the way thanks for the help, I do appreciate it.</p>
<p>Let’s say I had 100 W’s and a 3.80 applying for UCLA in poli sci.
Let’s say another person has 0 W’s and a 3.70.</p>
<p>Assuming everything else we had was the same, I’d get that poli sci spot before he does.</p>
<p>All W’s in undergraduate admissions are dropped. The only thing you have to worry about when it comes to W’s is grad school and 2-3 should still be fine.</p>
<p>Are they really? That I did not know. But It would be applying for an undergrad degree for business economics so you’re saying they just look passes the one W.</p>
<p>100 Ws is too much. i’ve read somewhere (in the forums, and he claimed that it was an admissions representative told him that) that 3 should be good even if you didn’t tell them why you have them.</p>
<p>Once the admissions department gets ahold of your transcript, the first thing they do is cross off all the W’s. I’m almost absolutely sure about this. I even asked reps from the UC campuses.</p>
<p>ALL W’S ARE AUTOMATICALLY CROSSED OUT FOR UNDERGRAD ADMISSIONS.</p>
<p>You should contact a UC representative that visits your school about this if you are still doubtful.</p>