<p>Anybody know how W's are regarded by medical school admissions? I have three because one I dropped so I could take the honors class the next semester and, the other two I dropped because I was advised to take my sciences at a four year school. Anybody know if this is going to be a huge set back?</p>
<p>General consenus is that W's are bad and should be avoided, especially in the pre-med core courses.</p>
<p>You of course already have these W's so there is not much you can do, You are going to have to work around them. However you seem to have reasons other than "i was getting a bad grade" which is about as good as you could make the situation. I'm definitely in favor of you being open about these W's when talking with admissions committees. Bring them up in your AMCAS personal statement if appropriate, or in secondary essays. Even if you cover the issue in the essay, you need to bring them with each and every person who interviews you. That way everyone is clear about what happened and why. It's much better that they get your side/reasoning rather than leave it up to their interpretations on what happened and/or why you tried to "hide" the W's existence.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me how you get W's? Can you get them by dropping and adding classes when you register for classes?</p>
<p>It's not an I or an F it just states that the class was dropped in enough time for a grade not to be registered and not soon enough to get your money back. Some colleges give W's after the census date.</p>
<p>some colleges, if they're cool will erase your W or even F if you decide to retake it at their school and get a good grade in it the second time</p>
<p>Interestingly I checked my transcript this morning and it shows no record of any W's. I doesn't even state that I was signed up for any summer classes. I'm hoping this possibly means that they won't show up, if so YAY for me.</p>