<p>Are the first semester freshmen grades calculated in your G.P.A.??? I was looking on the Hopkins website and from my understanding the freshman 1st semester grades are pass/fail? If it is pass or fail, How does that affect ones transcripts when applying for summer internships that require transcripts showing your grades???</p>
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<li><p>First semester grades are S (Satisfactory) or U (Unsatisfactory) and students do not receive a GPA</p></li>
<li><p>Students at Hopkins do not have a problem landing summer internships because of the grading policy; the same goes for graduate/professional school placement. If employer’s ask, students explain it’s a university wide policy. All in all, freshman fall doesn’t matter very much in the grand scheme of things.</p></li>
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