Schools Withdrawls and grad school applications

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Transferring from Engineering to Computer Science may involve three course withdrawals this term. The admissions committee is likely to understand these withdrawals if they are explained as part of the program transfer. The individual is not enjoying the courses, which do not align with the new program requirements, raising the question of whether to withdraw now or after acceptance into the new program. It is confirmed that the student will still be considered full-time despite the withdrawals, and these will appear on the transcript. The courses in question include Chemical Process Analysis, Engineering Thermodynamics, and Science and Technology Studies. A 50% refund is available for withdrawing before the deadline. While the first two courses are unrelated to Computer Science, the third may have some relevance and could be worth completing.
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Because I'm transferring programs (Engineering -> CompSci), I may have three withdrawls this term. If I explain that the withdrawls are because of this program transfer, the admissions committee will most-likely understand right?

I don't enjoy these courses and the courses will not be program requirements, so why subject myself to them?

P.S. my gpa is 3.5 (overall)
 
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Are you still considered a full-time student when you apply the withdrawals? Also, do the withdrawals appear on your transcript? Do you have to withdraw these courses now or can you do it after you get accepted to the other program?

In any case, I personally wouldn't care if you withdrew those courses. However, if there's some similarities between computer science and the engineering that you were in, they might get uneasy and you might want to just finish the courses. But if they're as similar as literature and mathematics, I wouldn't see them getting mad.
 
1) I'll be considered a full-time student

2) The withdrawals will appear on my transcript.

3) I don't have to withdraw from these courses


The courses I'm withdrawing from are:

Chemical Process Analysis

Engineering Thermodynamics

Science and Technology studies

I'll also be able to get a 50% refund for these courses if I withdrawal from them before next Wednesday.
 
The first two courses you listed don't really have anything to do with computer science. The third one though would probably be good to keep.
 
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