<p>I want to withdraw from calc 1 at my school. How bad does this look on a transcript for med school?</p>
<p>Will the withdraw be recorded on your transcript? Will withdrawing drop you below the credit hours required for full-time student status?</p>
<p>I will still be a full-time student, but I’m not sure if it will show up on the transcript.</p>
<p>Let’s say that it will…how bad is this?</p>
<p>You should contact your school’s registrar to find out if a W will appear on your transcript should you withdrawn.</p>
<p>Have you withdrawn from or failed this course before? Are you a freshman or a sophomore? Why are you thinking about withdrawing?</p>
<p>I’m a first semester freshman. I want to withdraw because we had a huge exam and I was gravely ill and couldn’t focus on studying or taking the test. My prof wouldn’t let me do a make-up exam. In short, I did not do well and I probably won’t get above a C in the course.</p>
<p>How many exams do you have in the Semester? If this test score is say 25% of your overall grade, you may still have a decent chance of bringing your overall grade up.</p>
<p>Also, I think if you repeat the course with a better grade, it replaces the old grade. So, why not stay in and try to do your best? If you end up with a C, you could still repeat the course and you would be better prepared the next round. </p>
<p>Also, Calculus is a prereq for Med schools. So, there’s no way of getting around this course.</p>
<p>A single withdraw won’t cause a lot of waves, but ideally you want to hold off from withdrawels unless absolutely necessary. You never know what will happen in the future, and a string of withdrawels over the years will raise flags.</p>
<p>I think it is not true that, for applying to MD schools, if you repeat the course with a better grade, it replaces the old grade. It is only true for D.O. schools.</p>
<p>Please correct me if I am not right here.</p>
<p>Pharmagal, there are a lot of medical schools that don’t require calculus. Of course, if one intends to apply to as wide a variety of schools as possible, then having at least a semester of calc would definitely be desirable.</p>
<p>mcat2, you’re right. I’m pretty sure AMCAS uses both the old and new grade for overall GPA calculations (vs AACOMAS, the DO app service, which replaces the old grade).</p>
<p>AMCAS is unforgiving when it comes to transcripts. Every grade you’ve ever received in college-level coursework goes on the AMCAS app. There is NO replacement of grades.</p>
<p>Gosh! Really? That’s bad. Colleges allow for the grade to be replaced I think. It’s too bad that AMCAS doesn’t. Then, I guess OP is better off withdrawing if he continues to do badly.</p>
<p>Gold- Yes. I agree that some med schools accept a 4 or 5 on AP calculus in HS in place of Calculus in College.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, I hadn’t considered all the possibilities.</p>
<p>If your college will wipe “bad grades” from your record upon a retake of a course, then there’s no way AMCAS will ever know about them, so you don’t need to report them. However, the vast majority of schools that I know of don’t do this, so much like a diamond, an F is forever.</p>
<p>That said, a C is not the end of the world. BDM himself has said that he’s gotten a C or two in college and he did quite well for himself during the admissions process. If you ask me, a C is not worth a W on the transcript. Save that for a D or F grade.</p>
<p>Every grade you get in college will always count for AMCAS. They do not replace grades if you repeat a course, they will average the grades from both takes and use that. I have never heard of a college that erased original grades from a transcript if you retake. Think about it, what would the transcript end up looking like if there were holes of lost information everywhere?</p>
<p>Pharmagal, according to the following list, there are about 24 US allopathic schools that require college math or classes, but not calculus. Every other school, however, either requires or recommends 1-2 semesters of calculus.
<a href=“Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs”>Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs;
<p>A little off topic, but you should not be backing out every time that you do not do well. For a future, talk to prof before taking the test, ask for a different date, explain your circumstances. D. has successfully done it when she could not take exam on scheduled date. Besides that, sick athletes are forced to perform, sick surgeons are forced to operate, sick job seekers are forced to go to interview…</p>
<p>Thanks for the link GS. That’s excellent information.</p>
<p>I briefly looked at UMDNJ (where my DS is headed). Although this link indicates only 1 math course required, DS’s major in TCNJ required him to have completed 2 courses (of these, one could have been completed as an AP Calc course in HS). Therefore, kids have to be mindful of the requirements of their own majors too. Some undergrad schools may require more than what the list indicates.</p>