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Sep 21, 2021
12:52:54pm

Duke Silver All-American

Having one or two is no big deal

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Duke Silver

Previous username: Marshmallow Matey
Bio page: Duke Silver
Joined: Feb 23, 2008
Last login: Apr 19, 2024
Total posts: 24,005 (323 FO)

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Does it look bad to have a W (withdrawal) on your BYU transcript?

9/21/21 12:50pm

There used to be W and WF

Choke

9/21/21 12:52pm

Add/drop deadline already passed

Magathis

9/21/21 12:53pm

I think it goes on the transcript as an Unofficial Withdrawal and counts against the gpa like an "F". If you retake the

PJMort

9/21/21 12:58pm

I don’t think it counts against your gpa

Warner

9/21/21 1:13pm

Granted, I am going off of what used to happen many years ago.

PJMort

9/21/21 1:14pm

Many years ago, at another college, I got a UW in

85fan

9/21/21 2:53pm

I had a couple of those. Hasn't mattered for me, but it probably depends on who's looking.

CougPrime

9/21/21 12:52pm

It's not good, but it's not crippling

Hotlanta

9/21/21 12:52pm

Having one or two is no big deal

Duke Silver

9/21/21 12:52pm

I withdrew from a bunch… and failed a few as well.

530Coug

9/21/21 12:53pm

Fortunately I had mine a long time ago. Just a tad too immature for college

bluelands

9/21/21 1:04pm

I doubt any employer will look that closely or care.

Colorado

9/21/21 12:53pm

One or two over 4 years shouldn’t be a big deal at all. Especially if the

9/21/21 12:55pm

Did this when blew out knee & had surgery in middle of semester. Took class very next semester & it was

Soupie

9/21/21 1:05pm

I have a LOT of Ws. Battled with health issues a lot while enrolled.

LeonMarek

9/21/21 12:55pm

No big deal if it's only a couple. If there are a lot it looks bad. But a few

9/21/21 12:57pm

When I was a freshman, some idiot I know stopped going to a class because it was at 4:00 and cramped his social life

Clark Addison

9/21/21 12:58pm

I think one or two Ws isn't a real problem. They don't affect GPA if you

Tricky

9/21/21 12:59pm

I logged a few Ws at BYU, good grades and got into a top ranked graduate program

trueblue04

9/21/21 12:59pm

shouldn't matter at all.

Mayor of Cougartown

9/21/21 1:04pm

I've never looked at an applicant's gpa, let alone individual class grades.

ochobeeguy

9/21/21 1:04pm

unless he or she has grad school aspirations it won't matter one bit.

MormonThug

9/21/21 1:04pm

even then it would only register if it was a pattern

MormonThug

9/21/21 1:04pm

This ^^ — An employer has never asked for my GPA, let alone transcript

ZuluBlue

9/21/21 1:16pm

It likely won't be a problem even for grad school if it's one or two Ws.

Duke Silver

9/21/21 1:26pm

It would probably prevent admission into med or dental school

kotacoug

9/21/21 1:55pm

I even got a UW in a class once. Didn't matter at all in graduate school

AFCougK9

9/21/21 1:05pm

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