Withdrawal from course after graduate school acceptance offer

thessentials
Thu, 05 Mar 2015 17:31:36 +0000

Hello all, I’m currently a 5th year undergraduate majoring in biochemistry and neuroscience. I got accepted to a pharmacology graduate school program and have already accepted the offer. However, I am currently worried about possibly getting a C or worse in an anatomy lab I am taking (already got an A in the lecture course).

I already finished all my major requirements during my 4th year and simply took this lab for fun. The problem is that I am also working on an honor’s thesis that is due by the end of the month and getting a business minor. The stress and time commitment for these two things has caused me to fail the second exam even though I got an 89% on the first test.

I really would like to withdraw from the lab in order to focus my attention more on the two tasks mentioned above without having to worry about failing.

So my questions are:

Should I stick with this lab and risk either not completing my honors thesis or failing the lab?

Will the graduate school take back their acceptance once my final transcript is sent out? (I already have a W in a public speaking class from last semester due to anxiety over the course) Would they rather see a C and no honors thesis or honors thesis and W?

I would like to ask the school up front but I am afraid that since the deadline for acceptance offers has not passed that they might just find it easier to take back my acceptance now and give it to another candidate.