Can post undergraduate coursework ruin you?

[enchanted24]

Hello,

 

I graduated with a liberal arts bachelors in December of 2012 with a GPA of 3.53. When I was in the last semester of completing my first degree I thought I wanted to do a second bachelors degree in computer science. So in the spring of 2013 (this current semester) I took CS courses. Well, after five years of college, an honors thesis, a lot of research experience and a job outside of school, I realized I was extremely burned out. I only took three CS courses (because of my school's prerequisites). The first one I dropped early in the semester, and I anticipated failing grades in the other two so I withdrew from both of them in late April. I learned later that there may be two grades of "F" for the courses that I withdrew from instead of the standard "W" grade for withdrawing.

 

Now I am planning to take a couple of years away from school and work full time because I feel that is what I truly need to do because of burn out. I was planning to apply to grad school in a couple of years. I'm very scared though...I graduated with honors and a 3.53 but I'm afraid of what schools are going to think when they see that semester after graduation when I did terribly. Technically my transcript will say that I "withdrew" before the semester ended but I'm very scared.

 

I will appreciate any input.

 

Thank you!

Edited May 1, 2013 by enchanted24

[csibaldwin]

Usually you have to withdraw by the withdrawal date (in my school it is March 31st) in order to get a W on your transcript, instead of whatever grade you have/will have otherwise. Late April is pretty late, and I think you will get the grades and not a W. I would just explained being overwhelmed with outside obligations on your SOP when you start applying to grad school in a couple years. I am sure many other people have some of the same type of issues regarding withdrawing.