gradstudent42 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Does anyone know how detrimental a grade of a "W" is in graduate school for chemistry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eigen Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Would depend on the reason for the W, and whether it was a WF or an early withdrawal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradstudent42 Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 It is a "W." It was due to poor grades up to this point and lack of assistance from the professor or anyone in the class the entire time. But I guess it boils down to fact that I would probably get a C in the course which would make the course not count toward the degree and I would have to take another course to try and satisfy the requirement. Not to mention there would be a C on my transcript. This is my only "W" thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eigen Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Have you talked to your advisor about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) C would be a big no-no. W is uncommon but I know people withdrew from required courses to avoid getting C. Have you talked to the professor teaching that course to see what kind of improvement you can make to boost it to a B? If that doesn't work, then talk to your advisor. In my program, there are very few courses to choose from every semester, so withdrawing from one might mean an extra semester of coursework. Edited April 3, 2015 by Cookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradstudent42 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 I talked to my advisor and he said that it would be okay to drop it saying that no one really cares about your classes once you graduate. I just wanted to see if there were others out there that are good with that statement. I talked with the professor and they is pretty much repeats what they said in class and just does not answer any emails with any questions that I might have regarding course material. all in all the professor is rather unhelpful. Not to mention they do not and back assignments and tests until a month and a half later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradstudent42 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 As far as available courses I found a few for next semester. I still have to take a total of 3 courses by the end of the next school year. So maybe 2 in the fall and 1 in the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eigen Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 If your advisor says it's fine, why would you care what random people on an Internet forum say? fuzzylogician 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradstudent42 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 I find that talking to many different people tends to help me understand situations more fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Andrews Lynx Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Read your Department's PhD handbook and guidelines. It should specify whether a W-grade will count against you - if there is no mention of W grades then it is probably fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradstudent42 Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 I guess I was looking for career impacts for academia or industry, not just departmental impacts. Thanks though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eigen Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Pretty much no career or academic impacts to any GPA from what I've seen. People care that you got your degree, what and where your publications are, if you had national awards, if you already have grant money that you bring along with you, if you have a history of patentable ideas, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradstudent42 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks a lot. This helps tremendously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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