<p>If that is the dilemma then contact each school individually - asap.</p>
<p>Re Grey:</p>
<p>I asked, they just refused to give any concrete answer…***</p>
<p>sorry but I think that you should just play it safe at this point. They wouldn’t give you a concrete answer because it is 100% feasible that you can get rescinded for falsely reporting planned classes and not taking them.</p>
<p>usually when there are gaps in your education (remember that portion in the UC app?) they want an explanation. “I was backpacking Europe”, in my opinion, is not a valid explanation.</p>
<p>what’s another 2 months, just wait, you have the whole summer since UC’s don’t start until September 24th.</p>
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<p>And just to clarify, if you had thought of this sooner, it would be possible for you to report changes early on, but your app is already in review or has already been reviewed by schools. This means that their decision is based on what is on your app to date. To pull the rug from underneath them now is why your being rescinded is more of an unfortunate possibility.</p>
<p>agreed.
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<p>what’s your basis in thinking that W’s at community college mean anything at all? I’ve never heard of gradschool admission being concerned with that, but more so with GRE scores, GPA, research in field and recommendations…</p>
<p>I’ll open with a more interesting, and more controversial concern: what’s YOUR basis in thinking that W’s at a community college are a-ok?</p>
<p>Now, just because UCs don’t take them into consideration, don’t let their severity be obfuscated. Mind that private schools, in turn, DO take them into consideration.</p>
<p>When grad schools look at your application and review your transcript, keep in mind that they do not (and can not) differentiate between your CC classes and your X University classes, just as they can not (as you would expect) penalize you for attending a cc. Thus given this basis, a W at your cc equates to ANY W - including one at X University.</p>
<p>While you’re right that the main factors are GPA, GRE, and ECs, don’t be fooled into thinking that a big fat W (or even worse, several) will not be frowned upon while you’re in review - especially if you’re in review at a competitive school.</p>
<p>Okay, but a W in a lower division class? Grad schools primarily concern themselves with the last 2 years of education, the upper division work, and again primarily concern themselves with the subject matter being studied. </p>
<p>I don’t think having a W in statistics or Art history sophmore year is going to have any impact whatsoever to the guy whos applying for a PhD in Anthropology and has a 3.8 in all of his upper division anthro courses. </p>
<p>My basis for this is thus: I’m an english major, and will probably apply to UCLA’s graduate english program after i get my BA. Under admission criteria their website states: </p>
<p>“and grade-point averages in English courses in the junior and senior years of at least 3.5.” </p>
<p>The site also states : “Official transcripts - two official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate work are required. NOTE: Community college transcripts are not necessary, as the coursework will be reflected on your undergraduate transcript.”</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Department of English : Academics : Graduate Program : Admission Requirements](<a href=“http://www.english.ucla.edu/academics/graduate/guide/admission.asp]UCLA”>http://www.english.ucla.edu/academics/graduate/guide/admission.asp)</p>
<p>They don’t even look at lower division work it appears.</p>
<p>awww seriously? you arent even in your final destination ugrad school… cant you just call the grad schools you are interested in and ask qs to them directly about Ws? but anyways… just finish the semester… are you so anxious to go to europe for 6 months? defer admissions and take a whole year off. experience the changing seasons and the natives are out during the non summer times of the year. Choose non student places if you want to experience it for real. No Mallorca/ibiza/chersonnissos/canaries. Those are just like cabo/cancun/puerto vallerta. in any case,finish what you started man.</p>
<p>What do you mean they won’t look at lower-division work? come on man, read closer…</p>
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<p>This means that when you TRANSFER your lower-division work to X University, those classes will now be inducted into your X University transcript. As in, TRANSFERRED. As in, they will be there. As in, W’s too.</p>
<p>And what you quoted before sounds like minimum qualifications. Yes, believe it or not, if you will be applying for grad school in, say, Chemistry, they will seperate your Chemistry GPA from your overall GPA. But under your premise, you’re saying that since non-Chemistry classes aren’t looked at, then your overall GPA won’t matter to any school (we can take UCLA as an example). Eligibility and competitiveness are distinct - always remember.</p>
<p>hey guys… there’s no worries about W’s,</p>
<p>coz I won’t get them if I drop all my classes by this friday…</p>
<p>I asked UCSD, which had already accepted me,</p>
<p>They said it won’t matter to them if I drop those unnecessary classes…</p>
<p>I also asked UCLA, they gave me the same answer as well,</p>
<p>about Cal, which I want to get into the most,</p>
<p>i am still waiting for their adviser to call me back…</p>
<p>nice, let us know what Cal says.</p>
<p>hmm i still don’t think random W’s from fresh/soph year are what grad schools look at in the grand scheme of things</p>