AgentBauer85

Hey what's up everyone?

I am enrolled in a spring term class right now at my university (top 25 school if you read the rest of this and this is relevant), and the final exam is this upcoming week. It is the "main" upper level economics course, and is notoriously difficult. I do plan on majoring in Economics, and my main goal is to go into finance, specifically investment banking. My dilemma is that this class really has gotten the best of me in this Spring term (for one reason or another), and I wanted to take the W and take it again in the fall. Problem is the fall term I have heard is even worse, but as of right now, I'm not sure I will be able to pass during the Spring. I got a C/C+ on the midterm which is about half of my grade, and the other half will be the final, which I am struggling incredibly with. I have tried (though during the Spring, I admit I probably didn't give it my all, and since it's only a 6 week course, didn't help matters)

So would it be better to try and get out of this class with a low C at the risk of not passing, or take the W and hope to earn a better grade in the fall? Basically I'm just not sure how bad a W would look considering the other alternative(s), I don't really plan on going to grad school (slight chance MBA), but I'm torn with what to do right now (well I'm studying my ass off for starters, but sadly it isn't helping much...). Other possible relevant info, my lowest grade in college thus far is a B-, no W's on my transcript yet, I have a 3.43 GPA, and will be entering my junior year.

Any advice is more than welcome! Thank you.

goyoungha

Generally, having one W will not have a significant negative impact on your transcript (with regards to grad school). However, if this W is in one of your major courses, then I might be a little worried. I would withdraw if you risk failing or will be getting below a C. I just don't know how important this will be if you don't plan on going to grad school though.

AFPrep850

I have one W on my transcript. It was in a gen-ed required philosophy course that I was going to fail. Otherwise I have a 3.97 overall so I think I'm OK. I plan on grad school and also plan on taking a course to fulfill this requirement next spring (but it won't be that particular philosophy course, it will probably be a religious course instead...I found out the hard way that I hate philosophy with a passion and didn't understand it either!)

Cards4Life

Completely off topic...but how many schools are still in spring session in mid-June? alot??

just wondering b/c i'm 75% done with my summer course!

AgentBauer85

Yea that's the thing, I'm not sure grad school is in the cards (going into finance, where a MBA may or may not be important), so I'm more concerned about potential employers post-undergrad.

AgentBauer85

Anyone else? Would be much appreciated!