Transferring with a W into engineering

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Unfortunately, I had to take a W in a math course this semester. I was on track for a C, but I decided that dropping it would be better than taking a C. This course would not be required for my pursued major at Penn if I successfully transferred nor is it required for my intended major at my current school. I don’t know why I took an unnecessarily hard class this semester if I intended to transfer. Because I dropped this class, I only have 4 other classes left I am taking this semester for a total of 14 credits. I am taking two humanities classes and two engineering classes: intro to programming, calc 3, required English, and a humanities class. If I’m trying to transfer into Penn engineering next year, how bad will this look? Should I just wait to transfer till my sophomore year? I’m a freshman first-semester student attempting to transfer externally into Penn engineering. My high school grades were meh 3.85/4.0 weighted, but I had good tests scores that seem kinda irrelevant now.

I would also like to add I want to transfer to Penn because of their niche programs, like NETS, DMD, etc. If I would like to pursue the specific niche program, I would need to be at Penn for my sophomore year. However, if I transfer for junior year, I could minor in the specific program. Would it be better to hold off transferring till junior year? Or should I attempt to transfer for sophomore year and should I explain why I need to be at Penn by sophmore year?

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You know, you already made a choice to withdraw from the class. There’s no way to undo that, so stop second guessing how it might affect you, because now you can’t go back. That only thing you can do is go forward and do your absolute best. You put your transfer application in with the best real you that there is. You may get what you think you want and you may not. Have a satisfying back up plan. Think about trying not to withdraw from future classes because of a C long before the term is over, rather think about other ways to try to do better. You can’t withdraw from every class you fear earning a C in and graduate in a reasonable amount of time. That’s very expensive and not financially sustainable for most.

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You’re right. Thank you @NorthernMom61. I should stop worrying so much.