Withdrawing from classes?

It really depends on the school. Some schools may not mind if you take it later on and do well. While some may not want to see any withdrawals. Ask the schools you want to apply to about their policy on that.

At my school, having a withdrawal is worse than an F. On the nursing application F's are worth 0 points and a W is worth -1.

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Ask your advisor. At my school, drops are not looked down upon (unless, maybe, there is a really lot of them over several terms, recently, without extenuating circumstances). They favor students recognizing they are in trouble and being proactive about it by dropping the class over students failing or barely passing a class (actually told me that when I asked about it).

I personally feel withdrawing from a class is not a bad thing unless one has more than one or two. There are legitimate reasons for withdrawing sometimes, especially when one suspects they might earn an F. Best insurance to preserve one's GPA. I would personally avoid applying to a school that has a policy of seeing these negatively. Plenty of other schools don't consider them as a bad thing.