W's on transcript. please help!

Graduate School Law School
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<p>I'm currently a CC student with 59 credits, 3.83 gpa, community service, part time bank employee (25 hrs per week), and a fitness coach (10 hrs per week)</p>

<p>during my 2012 fall semester I began doubting my major. My aunt was diagnosed with cancer and passed away after 3 months.
I felt the need to do something with my life that would help others and went from political science to nursing. ( not a great reason, i know)
I thought I'd be a lot happier with my decision because I would be helping people that needed it the most. but now that im taking pre req courses for nursing, i realized that it is not for me. I don't like it and honestly want to drop the courses im taking this semester.
I currently have NO W's on my transcript but I am considering on dropping this semester. if i make this drastic decision i will be receiving 4 W's.</p>

<p>how badly would they reflect on my transcripts as a transfer student and for law school? the W's would not be related to political science and everyone keeps telling me that it is better to drop the classes because it is easier to explain 4 W's on the same semester than a c,d, or F
that could hurt my GPA.</p>

<p>Any suggestions on what i should do?</p>

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<p>LSDAS won’t factor in the Ws if your school considers them non-punitive. If you intend to drop you need to go to the registrar and plead your case. Otherwise, and this is a theme you’d best get used to, no one cares if you don’t like them. Get them done and get them done well and don’t take such classes again.</p>

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<p>While the W may be a lot easier to explain than a poor grade, keep in mind that each law school receives a copy of your transcript. You’ll want to be prepared to explain the four Ws. On a practical level, it appears that you’re going to drop an entire semester of classes-is this what you really want to do? Are you that set on law school that you’d repeat a semester? It appears that you’re working a lot(35 hours/week) so that’s a lot of hard-earned money lost.</p>