Withdrawing a class Options

[madgamer]

Thread can be closed.Thanks guys.

[RAWRstephishere]

Not being in it.

[madgamer]

Yes I know. But I mean is it bad ? Like will it affect my grades and transcipt when the school look at it.

[*karmakiller*]

Nah, it won't affect your transscipts. The only way that would happen is if you didn't show up for the class and got an F.

[dustbunny]

as long as you withdraw before a certain deadline which most schools have, you'll be fine. How far into the school year has it been for you?

[madgamer]

The deadline is in November. If I withdraw it a W will be on my transcript. Will the school look at it and say "Oh this person didn't try".

[*CowerPointyObjects*]

No, a W isn't anything. a WF is actually bad. The only real consequence would be to not earn as many credit hours as you should, which could put you behind for graduation.

[madgamer]

No, a W isn't anything. a WF is actually bad. The only real consequence would be to not earn as many credit hours as you should, which could put you behind for graduation.

W and WF what is the differences?

[*CowerPointyObjects*]

One's bad and the other doesn't matter. To be honest, I don't entirely understand, but I think basically if you withdraw after the withdraw point, it'll hurt your GPA and look you look much more irresponsible.

[madgamer]

Do you mean I get a W before withdraw deadline and after deadline if I tried to withdraw it will be a WF?

[*karmakiller*]

Our school doesn't do the W or WF stuff. But at my school you only have the first week of class to drop a class, or if it's a year long class you drop at the semester and get credit for the semester that you were in that class. I'd suggest talking to your counseler (which is, more than likely, where you'll have to go to drop the class.)

[*CowerPointyObjects*]

Wait, are we talking high school or college here?

[madgamer]

College

[brooklyneast05]

how many hours are u taking?


dropping a class really doesn't do anything besides take u out of the class, it doesn't usually count against u, it's better than failing a class. however depending on how many hours ur taking it can drop u down where u don't have enough hours to be considered a full time student

[madgamer]

how many hours are u taking?
dropping a class really doesn't do anything besides take u out of the class, it doesn't usually count against u, it's better than failing a class. however depending on how many hours ur taking it can drop u down where u don't have enough hours to be considered a full time student

Oh. I am taking more than a full time student. If I drop the class I will still be a full time student.

I am just worry that if I withdraw the class it would look bad on my transcript.

[brooklyneast05]

well if u don't withdraw and u fail i'd think that would look worse. so i guess maybe it depends on how u think it'll end up if u don't withdraw

[*Elba*]

Oh. I am taking more than a full time student. If I drop the class I will still be a full time student.

I am just worry that if I withdraw the class it would look bad on my transcript.

If you withdraw, it shouldn't even show up on your transcript. Unless it's past the deadline, in which case you can no longer withdraw, in which case you just stop going to class.

[*CowerPointyObjects*]

Okay good, then what I was telling you does apply, and it's irrelevant that karmakiller's school doesn't have WFs...I don't really know how you're supposed to withdraw from a high school class anyway.

Yeah, if it's past the deadline you stop going to the class...but then you fail, so you are much much better withdrawing, as that doesn't effect anything. The only real thing it effects if the number of hours you're taking, since you can't add another class in its place.

[Just_Dream]

ACTUALLY, it depends on the stardards of the college. For my college (UCSD), if you have a few withdraws, it's okay -- but I mean that culmulatively. If you have 1 withdraw maybe once a year (ours is on the quarter system), that's totally fine. But it DOES appear on your transcript though. I mean this in the sense that one withdraws AFTER the deadline, in which cause it WILL SAY that you took the class, but withdrew from the class. People are able to withdraw with a W on the transcript (NOT getting an F) until finals at UCSD. If they don't widthdraw before like some tuesday on the 10th week (last week of school), then they will receive whatever grade they get at the end of the quarter, meaning they would have to take the final to even consider passing. So yea there's two deadlines. One to actually DROP the class (usually within 2 weeks since classes are 10 weeks long on our quarter system) which doesn't appear on the transcript or anything, and another deadline to WITHDRAW (W) which does appear on the transcript.

At our college, if you have too many withdraws, it will look bad if you consider graduate school because administrations will consider it as a way students are tryng to skip failing or something. It DOES NOT affect your cumulative GPA at the end of the year -- keep that in mind. As others have mentioned, you do lose those units you withdraw from.

[madgamer]

Thanks guys for the information :]. Last question if I do withdraw do I need my instructor permission?

[brooklyneast05]

^ i guess maybe that would depend on the school but i HIGHLY doubt u need their permission. i mean ur in college, ur the one paying for the class not them

[*Steven*]

Well when I withdrew from my physics class last semester I had to go to my prof and get him to sign it, but they couldn't say no. Also, when you withdraw, it goes down on your transcript or w/e as a "W" but doesn't effect your GPA. I think there's a limit to how many hours you can withdraw, though.

Oh and WF = withdraw failing. When you withdraw after the deadline they have to give you a letter grade, and if you're failing you get a WF.

[misoshiru]

if you drop the class before the deadline, it won't show on your transcript.