calviinh Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I took one summer course at a community college and ended up dropping it and receiving a W. That course would have been the only course I ever took at the college. Is it worth it to report it within my application? Or can it be left out? Please give me some feedback. Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliB Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 READ the CASPA FAQ. Read them again. Read ALL of it. The answer to your question may not be where you expect to find it. For this question start with the FAQ on Colleges Attended. First bullet. REPORT ALL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED. You are required to report all institutions attended, including but not limited to: courses taken in high school, summer courses, community college courses, military academies, post-baccalaureate, graduate, and doctoral work, study abroad, foreign work, etc. Failure to report an institution runs the risk of your application being undelivered back to you by our verification staff who will require you to report and provide a transcript for the missing program. This can significantly delay the processing of your application.WARNING! Purposefully omitting an institution is a violation of the Professional Code of Conduct and may subject you to sanctions by PAEA. Understand a single W makes it a question, but if you were registered there and there's a transcript that can be ordered, you must include it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nds1111 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 This is interesting. I took a chemistry class for 4 weeks at a local school before W and thought it would disappear into the ethers. Apparently not. Is this something that weighs heavily in the application? I later went on to a completely different masters program - the W was literally 10 years ago... I had pretty much forgotten about it until now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cop to pa Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 It doesn't weigh heavily. It hardly matters. Unless you omit it and get found out. Then you may just have botched your chance at PA school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAtoB Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I took a W in a chem class at a community college - dropped out after 3-4 weeks d/t several factors. Retook the course the following semester and got an A. Still had the W from the summer semester. Was prepared to be asked about it in interviews. Neither school where I interviewed asked me about it at all. And both programs accepted me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calviinh Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Thank you all for your input! I have submitted long ago (having thoroughly gone through the guidelines and FAQ of CASPA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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