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To Withdraw or Not to Withdraw

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:01 pm
by esquire2014
I'm currently interning for academic credit but I have a lot of familial issues at the moment and I'm considering withdrawing and taking the W. I have never had one before and I wasnted to know how it would look to law schools.

Re: To Withdraw or Not to Withdraw

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:03 pm
by im_blue
no one cares about one W

Re: To Withdraw or Not to Withdraw

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:48 pm
by AreJay711
im_blue wrote:no one cares about one W
Check to make sure it is a non punitive W first though bc some schools will count it as a F

Re: To Withdraw or Not to Withdraw

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:09 pm
by omninode
You'll get away with a couple of withdraws. More than that you will have to justify. Still better than staying in the class and getting a low grade.

Re: To Withdraw or Not to Withdraw

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:16 pm
by swilson215
omninode wrote:You'll get away with a couple of withdraws. More than that you will have to justify. Still better than staying in the class and getting a low grade.
I disagree. As long as it's just a W and not a W/F, if you're seriously worried about the grade, you don't have any other Ws, and you're stressed because of the situation I think one or two Ws isn't going to hurt.

Re: To Withdraw or Not to Withdraw

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:35 pm
by WestOfTheRest
swilson215 wrote:
omninode wrote:You'll get away with a couple of withdraws. More than that you will have to justify. Still better than staying in the class and getting a low grade.
I disagree. As long as it's just a W and not a W/F, if you're seriously worried about the grade, you don't have any other Ws, and you're stressed because of the situation I think one or two Ws isn't going to hurt.
If you have a couple Ws per semester it is going to hurt you.