<p>I plan on going to Brown. Brown has a program where you can choose if you would like your courses to be based on credit/no credit, or on the ABC system (assuming the professors allow it, which almost all do, according to sources). How preferable/wise would it be for one to take all courses on credit/no credit (meaning no GPA)? What if you scored high on the MCAT?</p>
<p>Not advisable if you're planning on med school. My university recommended no more than one course CR/NC. A few professional schools (law/medicine/business/etc.) even calculate a grade of "Credit" as a C (2.0) and assume that the student chose that grading scheme to cover up low performance. Personally I like the system, but the culture at Brown is different from that of the other institutions that will be judging your record.</p>
<p>See, that is what I figure, since it's Ivy, but I don't know how I should look at it. I guess the thing with me is: if they have it, why don't I take complete advantage over it? Not having to worry about grades?!?!? <em>gasp</em> That is true learning, in my opinion, and I learn and perform better without grades.</p>
<p>Don't do it. You would be shooting yourself in the foot if you did. Grades are a big factor in medical school admission.</p>
<p>the general recommendation is to limit yourself to about one S/NC course a semester, but some pre-meds take all courses for a grade, and there are stories of others who take everything S/NC. </p>
<p>conventional wisdom is to avoid taking courses in your concentration and pre-med courses S/NC. if you do, the burden is obviously higher to demonstrate outstanding competence in those areas, via the MCATs, Brown's course performance reports, etc.</p>
<p>def. dont take courses req for med school admissisons pass/fail. they are looked down upon b/c the school doesnt get a sense of how well you did b/c passing could be a very low c, so it would hurt you alot in admissions</p>