<p>Anyone who is currently attending UF. Should I persue that course? I spent a summer in Beijing and learned the basics and I would like to continue studying it. In high school, however, french class knocked down my weighed GPA tremendously (non-honors course, B average for 3 years).</p>
<p>I'd like to take it and learn the language (mandarin), but I don't want it to kill my GPA. Any opinions?</p>
<p>You are allowed to take foreign language classes pass/fail - but you only have a few weeks at the beginning of the semester to apply to take it that way (it's called the s/u option). If you miss the deadline, you're out of luck. I'd encourage you to take Chinese if you have a genuine interest in it - it's definitely not easy, but go for it!</p>
<p>what do you mean pass fail? like if you pass, you get a 4.0? you fail, you fail?</p>
<p>Pass/fail doesn't factor into your GPA. If you pass, you get the credit hours. If you fail, you don't. </p>
<p>You're only allowed to take one class like that per semester, and you can't take any courses required for your major/minor/gen ed pass/fail.</p>
<p>AWESOME!!! so i can take chinese and if i get over a 59 i get credit (or whatever % pass is at UF) and not affect my GPA?! amazing!</p>
<p>Yes, the language courses at UF are really tough. You meet every day and have homework every day. If you miss more than 3 lectures or so, they drop you from the course. So taking it on S/U is probably a good idea if you are worried about your gpa. (It may be more than 60%, in fact, it's possible that it may be a C or 70% in order to get the S)</p>
<p>I know people who gamble on these courses because they're 5 credits and so if you do well, that is a great factor to your gpa. (5*4=20 gpa points!)</p>