Should I drop with a W or get a D? Calculus I

dapandalife
Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:26:05 +0000

I was a psychology major before and I decided to change it to psychobiology. I know they may seem interchangeable, but psychobiology requires upper level chemistry, math, physics… you get the idea. Anyways, up until this semester, I was taking Psychology courses, English, Philosophy, etc. and now is my first semester taking science based courses and although I’m acing chemistry and biology, calculus is killing me. I just got my first exam back and I got 68/100 and for my quiz I got 5/10. I have my second exam on Wednesday and I’m trying to convince myself to just keep pushing, but at this point, I know that if I stay in the class I won’t learn anything. I might be able to pull off a C or even a B, but I would just be getting by. I wouldn’t actually be learning anything, which will kill me in the long run because I have to go up to Calculus III. I’m going to talk to my adviser, but I still want some advice from actual students.

Should I drop the course with a W? Or should I stay and get a D so I can retake it later and get a better grade?
I’m so disappointed in myself because I thought I was going to be able to pull this off, but it’s so much harder than I thought. I feel like I’m just taking the easy way out, but I really feel that I won’t be able to catch up and actually gain anything from it. Also, dropping it would backtrack me almost a year so there’s that. My dream school is UCLA, but do you think one W (because I am set on never getting one again, if I do take that option) will affect my chances of getting in as a psychobiology major? I’ve never had a W before and I already got a C in a prerequisite for introductory chemistry. I feel like crap. Please help me and offer me some solid advice, I would REALLY appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.