Two withdrawals…
Hey everyone,
Looking for some honest perspective here because I’m getting pretty anxious about this situation.
I already have one W in biochem from a school that was online. I withdrew because I got off a waitlist to take it in person and got an A.
Now I have a weird second situation with UCSD Extension. I enrolled in a biochem course there but dropped before actually taking the class (class hadn’t even started and before add/drop deadline). The transcript is completely blank — no credits attempted, no grades, nothing except my name and institution info. AMCAS lets you select “no courses” for that school, which I did, but I’m terrified they’re somehow going to make me list it as another withdrawal. AMCAS says not to list dropped courses but also says you have to list every course if you withdraw from a university before completing courses for the term. AMCAS has said I need to list it as I was enrolled but fear they may make me take a W.
Has anyone here ever enrolled in literally one course at a school, dropped it before it started / before any credits were attempted, and then had to list it as a W on AMCAS?
For context, the rest of my app is strong:
- 3.94 cGPA / 3.91 sGPA
- 516 MCAT
- ~9k clinical hours as a paramedic
- Research, leadership, teaching, etc.
I know nobody’s application is perfect, but I’m worried that “two biochem withdrawals” is going to look catastrophic even though one led to an A and the other may not even technically count as a withdrawal.
Be honest — is this actually a major red flag or am I spiraling over something relatively minor?