W's on college transcripts

<p>If someone has a lot of these, does it look bad when applying to a University? Or do they just care about your GPA in coursework relevant to your major?</p>

<p>what do W’s ,mean</p>

<p>Much depends on the reasons for those Ws. Withdrawing from an entire semester of courses for a medical or family emergency is quite different from withdrawing multiple times from the same course, or withdrawing from one course every single semester.</p>