Does a W affect your GPA?

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If I decide to drop Bio at this point I would have to take a Withdrawl. Does anybody know if that affects your GPA? The lady I spoke to at the registration office really didn't know. Does it count against you in any way?

Specializes in Geriatrics, Cardiac, ICU.

It doesn't at my current school or any of the other two schools I went to.

Think about it, how could it--it doesn't have a number value assigned to it like

A-4

B-3

C-2

D-1

F-0

I'm sure it's the same for you.

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It doesn't count on your GPA, but it does stay on your transcript, and might affect transferring or graduate school in the future. Depends on the school, I think, on how they look at it.

If I decide to drop Bio at this point I would have to take a Withdrawl. Does anybody know if that affects your GPA? The lady I spoke to at the registration office really didn't know. Does it count against you in any way?

I don't think so, at least at my school. I withdrew from school once for health, once because I decided at that point nursing wasn't for me, and once because my daughter was hospitalized and I missed a lot of class time. I think the ones that get you are if you just stop going to class altogether without withdrawing officially. Then you get the F on your transcript that is added in.

I also withdrew from a particular class on the second day of classes and I don't think that is even on my transcript--I'd have to check. But my GPA is completely calculated based on the classes I took.

It doesn't affect your grades, but it does affect what nursing schools and grad schools think of you.

Then again, only if it's excessive. It's the reason I didn't get into my dream nursing school. In the 3 years I've been back, I've had one "B." But when I was going to school before that, I had about 15 W's from dropping classes to get more hours at work.

Good luck in your decision!

I have two "W"s on my transcripts. Granted, one of them is from 1990, and one is from 2004 (my father was sick and we knew it wasn't going to be long; I figured he was more important right then than school was - but I never told him I dropped my class b/c he would have been HOPPING MAD) - but I'm still getting interview calls.

I didn't mention it in my supplemental info (I should have; to be honest I forgot about it!), but my essays all mention my father's passing so I'm hoping they put it together. I'm sure I'll get asked about it.

One or two "W"s will not kill you. I'm thinking 15, though, was a bit of a problem....

I have two "W"s on my transcripts. Granted, one of them is from 1990, and one is from 2004 (my father was sick and we knew it wasn't going to be long; I figured he was more important right then than school was - but I never told him I dropped my class b/c he would have been HOPPING MAD) - but I'm still getting interview calls.

I didn't mention it in my supplemental info (I should have; to be honest I forgot about it!), but my essays all mention my father's passing so I'm hoping they put it together. I'm sure I'll get asked about it.

One or two "W"s will not kill you. I'm thinking 15, though, was a bit of a problem....

And I can understand that.

However, when a school makes mention of they understand most are second-career students and that people make mistakes, you would have think they would look at the last three years since I've been back in school, and the fact I managed to take the full 20 hours, work and volunteer and still get straight As.

also, 5 of these Ws were when I withdrew from school when my grandmother died, and the rest were never because I had a grade lower than a C, but that at that point, I cared more for work than school (had no idea what I wanted to do at that point).

am i supposed to be punished for the rest of my life and not get to be a nurse because of stupidity at an early age?

JMHO.

Most schools take into account how long ago the "W"s occured and how many there were. My BSN program is competitive and I had to explain my "several" withdrawls on my transcript. They were all more than 10 years old so that helped a lot.

Your most recent college work carries heavier weight in most cases.

It depends on the program I think. In your case the BiO class it shouldn't count against you. Once you are in the school of nursing and taking core classes a W does count. That is just at my particular school. We also have the three strike rule. If you fail Eng 101 Freshman Comp, or Mat 110 College Algebra they are strikes and if you fail or withdraw from a NUR course that is a strike. Receive a third strike and you are out of the program.

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