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How will judges view a withdrawal grade in a class?

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Jun 08, 2017 2:47 pm

I withdrew from a 2 credit independent research course. Otherwise, my grades are all A's and A-'s at a lower T14 (probably top 5%). Any idea how a judge will view this?

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Re: How will judges view a withdrawal grade in a class?

Post by BlackAndOrange84 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:14 am

Anonymous User wrote:I withdrew from a 2 credit independent research course. Otherwise, my grades are all A's and A-'s at a lower T14 (probably top 5%). Any idea how a judge will view this?
You might get a question about it, and some judge somewhere might draw an inference, but I doubt it'll matter if you're otherwise qualified (and grades-wise you are).

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Re: How will judges view a withdrawal grade in a class?

Post by pancakes3 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:29 am

why did you withdraw?

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Re: How will judges view a withdrawal grade in a class?

Post by mjb447 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:32 am

Yeah, I think that a judge might ask you a question about it just because it's a little out of the ordinary, but I don't think it'll affect your chances much.

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Re: How will judges view a withdrawal grade in a class?

Post by rpupkin » Wed Jun 14, 2017 2:05 pm

Anonymous User wrote:I withdrew from a 2 credit independent research course. Otherwise, my grades are all A's and A-'s at a lower T14 (probably top 5%). Any idea how a judge will view this?
You never know what a particular judge might care about, but it's highly unlikely that you will get a question about this. A withdrawal from an independent-study course is essentially a clerical matter. Who cares?

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