Ok to drop German?

LiquidBunn
Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:43:53 +0000

Hello everyone,

I am a high school senior currently in german 4 at my high school. I really don’t want to continue taking it and want to switch into an easier class. I am currently taking 4 AP classes. However my school’s policy is that if you drop a class during 1st quarter it shows up on your transcript as “withdraw passing”. I know this is a term many colleges don’t like to see, but how will they take it? I really don’t want to be rejected from college because of it.

9th grade German 1: B
10th grade German 2: B
11th grade German 3: A-
12th grade German 4: B+ so far, but will show up as “withdraw passing” on my transcript without a grade if I drop it.

Because I got an A- in junior year do you think colleges won’t mind me dropping it, and assume that I just wanted to take a different class instead? Or do you think they will assume I had a hard time in German 4, failed the class, and had to transfer out?

some of the schools I’m applying to: UVA, Carnegie Mellon, University of Maryland College Park, Georgia Tech etc…
(The transcripts they currently have show me in German 4)

Please Respond!!!