<p>Hey guys,
I'm taking an online class which demands ALOT of time outside of school. My parents and doctor are persuading me to withdraw considering that I am working a full time job (15 hrs overtime/week) have a full courseload and I sleep for only 3hrs. However, I am worried that by withdrawing, all colleges will reject me. What do you advise me to do??? note* this withdrawal will be on my transcript</p>
<p>Have you lost your mind? Drop this class. If anyone asks, it was a Medical Withdrawal.</p>
<p>if you can afford it, drop the work. And what kind of online class you are taking? Are you in HS?</p>
<p>If a doctor is telling you to do it, drop the class. Between the doctor and the full-time job, I’m sure the college will understand.</p>
<p>Drop it. It’s not an appropriate load. If it’s too late to withdraw without getting a grade, then I recommend getting a letter from your doctor and attempting to get a medical withdrawal so you won’t have a grade for the course. Even if the online place won’t allow you to withdrawl and gives you an F, you can include the doctor’s letter and an explanation in college applications. You can also ask your HS not to include the course in your GPA calculation.</p>
<p>Thanks all! I really appreciate your advice. I thought withdrawing would make it seem like I can’t handle a rigorous courseload so I’ve been putting it off but I don’t think I can continue this much longer. </p>
<p>Does anyone know how I would explain it since I’ve already submitted my college apps? My doctor offered to write me letters multiple times in the past but I declined…but I’m sure he’d write me one if I needed it.</p>
<p>@artloversplus Yes, I’m in my senior yr of high school. This class is a Honors language class but I’ll be taking the AP test for it. Although it’s a regular class, the amount of homework is easily = 4 AP classes combined…</p>
<p>You’ll probably be required to submit a senior year progress report if you haven’t already. Just include the doctor’s letter with the report (or ask your guidance counselor to if that’s how it works at your school). If the admissions office requests/requires no such progress report, then don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t go with the medical excuse. It just raises questions about what you are being treated for and if there is some medical reason why you can’t cope. There’s no reason why you can’t just drop the course without further comment. It’s not like you are slacking off and suddenly converting all your AP classes to regular classes or dropping a core course. I doubt anyone in admissions will even notice. If anyone asks, then you can provide the doctor’s note.</p>
<p>D did a math class on-line because she was working 20 hrs/wk, attending school part-time and couldn’t fit it into her schedule - she ended up slowing the class way down so she completed one semester’s work Pass/Fail over the course of a year and not one of the highly selective schools she applied to (and got into) even blinked.</p>
<p>I’d say drop the online course right away and if you still cna’t handle drop the work. There is no work worth that much over health. Besides, if you go away for college, you won’t be working there anyway.</p>
<p>No college will count your sr. course that much for admission either.</p>