withdrawals and course repeats

medgirl14
Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:19:47 +0000

Hi. I’m currently a sophomore planning to apply to UCLA Med School as well as others Summer 2013. My grades have been pretty good so far (A’s with a couple B’s), however, I struggled a little my freshman year with trig so I withdrew. I took it again the following summer and ended up with a d (math is not my strong area). I read online that medical schools often average repeat grades but the first grade remains on your transcript for medical admission offices to see. I’m currently retaking the class again and am doing very well. I am confident I can earn a good grade this semester in the class and therefore can hopefully receive a higher averaged grade for my application. I actually more worried about how withdrawals affect application status. Last semester I completely withdrew from one university, moved, and then enrolled at a different university the next semester. This left me with 4 additional w’s to my transcript. I am already in the process of repeating the classes I withdrew from and will have replaced all w’s by next Fall. I need to know how 5 w’s (all repeated with high marks) and 1 repeat (also repeated with high marks) will affect my chances of getting into medical school?

Thanks