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Withdrawing from courses, to save your gpa

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skywalker66

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Its funny,

I realized that if one were to do this, every time they were getting a bad grade in a class, they could drop out and save their gpa, by withdrawing from the class and having nothing show up on their transcript.

What is there out there to keep people's report cards accurate then? Lets say someone drops 50% of their courses, to save their gpa. Well their current gpa is only representative of 50% of your courses.
 
At the university where I graduated, you could only drop 2 classes every 2 years. And the class would still show up as a W on your transcript.
 
hmmm... i've dropped 2 classes last year,
i dont plan on dropping any this year. in any case, hopefully im not screwed over somehow already

i should figure out how those rules work at my school.

Anyways...my school will only let you drop three courses the whole time you're there
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so if they say you cant drop more than 3, and you do, do they kick you out or something?
 
Wow, a non-YAGT post?

Anyways...my school will only let you drop three courses the whole time you're there. It used to be unlimited, and I can just imagine the potential for abuse with that. (Although, the school wouldn't refund your money if you dropped a class mid-semester, so why would they really care? 😛)
 
Originally posted by: skywalker66
Its funny,

I realized that if one were to do this, every time they were getting a bad grade in a class, they could drop out and save their gpa, by withdrawing from the class and having nothing show up on their transcript.

What is there out there to keep people's report cards accurate then? Lets say someone drops 50% of their courses, to save their gpa. Well their current gpa is only representative of 50% of your courses.
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It's not necessarily a bad thing to drop a course once in a while. I know I did it once or twice in my college time. Sometimes there are outside issues or for whatever reason you do not do well or handle a particular course well (e.g. being stupid and not going to an early class, or whatever).

That said, most people pay for school on a per-semester basis regardless of the # of courses. If you really want to spend 6-8years to get your BS by dropping courses every time, then go ahead, but at some point the money will run out and you realize its time to move into the real world.
 
in my major (CS at UTexas) you could only attempt a class twice. meaning you could drop it (or fail it)once, then if you didnt get past it the second time you had to change majors (even if it was one of your last classes).

at my school you could DROP a class up to the 12th day of class with no penalty / record. After that point you needed professors permission to drop with a grade of Q that showed up on transcript. some profs were dicks and would not give Q drops so you would fail the class. others were cool and would sign off Q drops at any time. not that i have any experience.

Q does not decrease your GPA, but its still a waste of time and money and lots of Q's suggest you arent reliable.

your school is prolly different.
 
Originally posted by: skywalker66
Its funny,

I realized that if one were to do this, every time they were getting a bad grade in a class, they could drop out and save their gpa, by withdrawing from the class and having nothing show up on their transcript.

What is there out there to keep people's report cards accurate then? Lets say someone drops 50% of their courses, to save their gpa. Well their current gpa is only representative of 50% of your courses.
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When I was undergrad one can only drop classes in first 2 weeks of the class and those will never show-up on your transcript.

You could withdraw anytime after that but that will remain on your transcript forever. Employers usually don't like to see too many withdraws on a trascript(if they ever look at it).
 
Yeah it's not good to constantly withdraw from courses. However, sometimes it can't be avoided. For example, I had a prof once who was a major jerk during lectures. He would yell at people who went to use the restroom and tell them not to come back. He would take attendance each class. For the exams, he had essay exams and would actually deduct points for handwriting and improper use of the margins. Also, for every 2 classes you missed, your grade was lowered. It didn't matter if you had a legitimate excuse or not.

In fact, in retrospect, I suspect that he violated a lot of university rules. However, his class was quite popular and beloved by everyone who didn't take it (and some who did) so I doubt I could have done anything. Part of the reason it was so popular was because it was one of very few ethnic studies classes that didn't sound lame. In this case the best course of action was to withdraw.

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I had a friend who had dropped / failed out of school. He was finally making his comeback and was doing alright, then he had to suddenly move out of the dorm. So he decided to withdraw entirely from the university simply because he had to move one weekend. I don't recommend that approach.
 
when i was in school, they had a date that you had to drop a class by to not have it show up on your transcript. after that, you'd get a W. i dropped plenty of classes, i usually signed up for more than i can handle (usually just an extra class) and after a couple weeks, dropped the class i had least interest in. only once did i drop a class after the deadline with a W... i missed an exam and had no choice to drop unless i wanted a D.
 
well, if you drop, you dont get your money back on the course.....so you can't drop every semester...that will kill your wallet.
 
What do you guys consider dropping? I've probably dropped 5 or 6 classes within the first week of school over the past 2 years because my schedule needed to be changed.
 
I weaseled out of getting a W once when I dropped a course. The professor didn't return any graded homeworks until after the drop date, which was against university policy of providing timely feedback. So I petitioned to drop a course without a W and was approved.
 
at my school if you drop a class and make it up within 2 semesters they will replace the W with the grade you earned on your transcript
 
Originally posted by: skywalker66
Its funny,

I realized that if one were to do this, every time they were getting a bad grade in a class, they could drop out and save their gpa, by withdrawing from the class and having nothing show up on their transcript.

What is there out there to keep people's report cards accurate then? Lets say someone drops 50% of their courses, to save their gpa. Well their current gpa is only representative of 50% of your courses.
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Bro, you only get a very limited number of withdrawls, after the first week of classes it goes on your transcript as a W, it doesn't go into your gpa, but grad school will want to know why you withdrew, and it better not be you were going out too much. At UF you get 2 drops to use every 60 hours, or a total of 4 your entire career here, using all 4 would be folly. I unfortunately had to use one freshman year because a lot of stuff was happening in my life, the reprocussions of which I'm still dealing with (scholarships etc)
 
Originally posted by: skywalker66
hmmm... i've dropped 2 classes last year,
i dont plan on dropping any this year. in any case, hopefully im not screwed over somehow already

i should figure out how those rules work at my school.

Anyways...my school will only let you drop three courses the whole time you're there
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so if they say you cant drop more than 3, and you do, do they kick you out or something?
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No, they won't let you drop it, you go in and if you say hey I need to drop a class and they check and you already dropped as many as you can they say sorry can't do it, gonna have to stick with the grade.
 
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