<p>Hi, currently I'm a Biology major with a 3.8 gpa, which will go up when i get a 4.0 this semester if all goes as planned. The thing is, im planning on switching my major to either finance/business. If i switch my major I plan on dropping organic chemistry since I wont need it and it just wastes time that could be spent doing more productive things related to what I want to do in life.</p>
<p>Do you think it will hurt my chances if I receive a W in organic chemistry even if i get a 4.0 and explain why I dropped that class? And will it hurt my chances that im switching my major and will be applying for a different major even though all of my courses are biology related besides my gen-eds? Thanks for your help</p>
<p>What motivated you to switch from biology to finance?</p>
<p>I’ve always been interested in finance/business, especially investment banking. I read investment books, trade stocks, and read forbes all the time. I thought about what I would do with a biology degree and realized that I wouldn’t want to do that for the rest of my life.</p>
<p>The reason I ask is because you will need to explain to them why you have 2 W’s and what prompted you to drastically switch majors. Its not something you can say “I wanted to do finance for x amount of years,” because you didn’t which is why you chose Biology. If you can explain this passionately, then you will be fine.</p>
<p>Even if thats the case I feel like 2 W’s wih a high gpa will not affect me as much. Lots of students change majors in college.</p>
<p>A W from orgo and a switch into business, even with the purest intentions, looks pretty bad. It gives the impression that you don’t want to take hard classes.</p>
<p>I’m still taking upper level biology classes currently so it’s not like I’m taking easy classes. What’s the point of taking a class if It has nothing to do with major? So the smart thing to do is keep classes you don’t need purely because they are hard?</p>