<p>Early last semester (fall), I chose to switch my path in life. I was on track to become an Architectural Engineer, but eventually decided to abandon this path and pursue what I think is my true calling, and that of course is Medicine; it's something that I've been considering for a long time, it just took me awhile to work up the confidence to pursue it.</p>
<p>After I made this decision, I sent a professor in one of my AE classes an e-mail and asked if he'd recommend me dropping his class. It wasn't a particularly interesting class, and I was most likely going to end up with a B... it essentially states in the syllabus that an 80% is a good grade in the class. Normally I don't buy into things like "this is a gpa killer class," but I feel that the reason is because students that take it are already in the AE major, and thus grades are no longer of great concern... so I suppose the professor views the class as a sort of wake-up call?</p>
<p>Anyway, that's not the point. My professor responded and advised that I drop the course, and wished me luck on my new path. At my school, classes that are late dropped are given a WP (withdraw passing), WN (withdraw no grade), or WF (withdraw failing). I was told by my professor that I would receive a WP on my transcript, because I was in fact passing at the time--I simply was dropping the class because a) it no longer interested me, and I couldn't justify getting a B in a class that didn't fulfill any degree requirements whatsoever, b) it would allow me to focus on my other classes that did fulfill degree requirements, and c) it was a very early class and dropping it allowed me to sleep in a bit more twice a week. :)</p>
<p>Here's the problem. I've just received my semester grades; all very good, As and A-s. However, I received a WN for my AE course, because when I withdrew from the class, my grades disappeared (some professors use an online grading system at my school, my professor didn't realize they would disappear as soon as I withdrew). Because of this, he did not have my grades, thus the WN. I've e-mailed him about this, and I believe he is making an effort to find my grades so that he can address the problem, but he has stated that he doesn't feel there is much of a difference between a WN and a WP, as neither is a WF.</p>
<p>This is a bit long-winded, but here is my question. Would a WP (or a WN) on my transcript have an adverse affect on my chances at getting into medical school? Will a medical school admissions committee recognize that I simply dropped the course because I was no longer interested, as opposed to being forced to drop the course because I was failing?</p>
<p>This is the only smudge on my transcript; I'm currently sitting at a 3.84 cumulative in my second year of undergrad, and I hope to continue improving. I feel like I'm doing a pretty good job so far, and would hate to see it all go down the drain simply because I was told that dropping the class wouldn't affect my future attempts at med school.</p>
<p>If it is in fact a terrible thing to have dropped a class, what can I do to remedy the situation? I'm pretty sure my school has an appeal program, so I suppose I could try and get the WN removed from my transcript, but I'm not sure how successful I'd be.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any answers!</p>