u/Immediate-Oven4660

I'm currently a freshman in cc and got into the U for Biology and I wanted to know what it's like being a Bio major or premed at UM. I have volunteer hours and I'm planning on doing some shadowing over the summer rn but I would definitely want to do research and clinical experience once I'm finally transferred. I know UM's great for research so I wanted to know if any premeds have had experience with this or what recommendations they have in general!

I'm a first year at a CCC and my GPA is currently a 3.5 (kind of shaky I know), but I do have an upwards trend in my GPA (have a 4.0 this semester) and I'm taking way more credits than I have in previous semesters. I have solid ECs with multiple internships related to my major + applied to Dornsife. Does anyone know someone who's has been in a similar situation and gotten in as a transfer? I lowk just want an honest opinion of if there's any chance of me even getting in

I'm currently in an online asynchronous calculus class and it's hell. My prof doesn't even have our grades available to us but there's almost no chance of me getting an A. All my other classes are A's so I don't want to ruin my GPA but I also applied to USC to transfer this Fall. I'm considering dropping the class which would give me a W (don't really mind/GPA's more important to me), but I've heard USC has a policy where you have to get a C or better in all of your Spring classes if you get accepted. So how would a W work in this situation, would I be able to explain to admissions the circumstance of my dropping/not even having a grade available to me throughout the semester?