Hi everybody! I am currently a third year undergraduate student at UC Irvine double majoring in criminal justice and psychology. I want to get a Master’s in Public Policy after I finish my bachelor’s, and I plan to go straight into my master’s program after I get my bachelor’s if possible, so I won’t be accumulating work experience.
I’m currently taking multivariable calculus, but it’s kicking my butt. I haven’t taken a single calculus course since high school because I finished all of my college calculus/math requirements in high school. I decided to take multivariable calculus anyway because I enjoy calculus. However, it’s an entirely online course (obviously, because of COVID-19), it’s moving WAY too fast for me (especially since I’m relearning calculus while simultaneously doing the material for this class), the professor isn’t teaching it in a manner that I understand, and it’s completely unrelated to both my major and the field I want to get my master’s degree in.
I have never withdrawn from a class before, and I’m hoping they would be understanding since this is during the pandemic. If I do not drop the course, I would do very badly in it, too.
Basically, my question is: would grad programs look down on me for withdrawing from this class? Thank you!