<p>i'm a sophomore at mount holyoke college interested in transferring to UPenn for fall '06 admission. on their website they state that all grades, including Pass/Fail and CR/NCR, must be released on the transcript. they state that it is "imperative" to do so, due to the competitive nature of admissions. I took one class Pass/Fail 2nd semester of my freshmen year. It was a philosophy class that I took because I thought it would be interesting but challenging (the prof was notorious for being a tough grader) so i took it Pass/Fail. right now i'm a proposed English major/Theatre minor, so clearly I'm not continuing with Philosophy in any way. I just took the class b/c freshmen year is the time to experiment/explore. So my question is, let's say I actually got a B- in that course, and UPenn has to see this grade on my transcript. How would that affect my chances for admission, and would Penn require that grade to be figured into my GPA, or do they just simply want to -see- the grade for informational purposes? Does anyone know? With the B- figured in, my GPA does drop over a point... anyhow, I will probably speak with Penn about this, but I just wanted to know if anyone knew firsthand? Thanks.</p>
<p>anyone know?</p>
<p>My guess is that if they ask for it, they are doing so because they want to include it in your GPA. As competitive as it is, it wouldn't be "fair" to compare GPAs of students who took classes for a grade with students who took classes p/f. They just want the entire thing to be equalized so they can more "fairly" compare people.</p>
<p>what are the acceptance rates for transfers?</p>
<p>yes but i've only taken one class pass/fail. i think penn and other schools understand the various reasons why students choose to take a few courses pass/fail, and considering that penn has this option itself, i don't see why they insist on seeing the grade for it. what is that going to do? it's not even in my major or anything. and i took it my first year. i guess i'm just concerned that this might adversely affect my admission although in my opinion it shouldn't.</p>