<p>I'm currently taking a NP class again for P/NP and was wondering how a P will reflect on my transcript...</p>
<p>That NP will probably still be there, but will the P be next to it? Or does the registrar simply list the class normally:
Class X NP 4 units
Class Y A 4 units
Class Z B 4 units
Class X P 4 units</p>
<p>I screwed up on a non-major related course so hopefully getting a P on this course will not ruin my college career =. Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>they are listed chronologically, you will see both the original NP and the succeeding P. There will be annotations - RR for the NP grade and PG for the retaken P - as described here [Grade</a> and Credit Code Definitions - Office Of The Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/current_students/academic_records_transcripts/gradeskey.html]Grade”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/current_students/academic_records_transcripts/gradeskey.html)</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. So could I be expecting something like this:
Class X NP *RR 4 units
Class Y A 4 units
Class Z B 4 units
Class X P *PG 4 units</p>
<p>Either way… do you think this NP will affect grad school/job prospective…? It has nothing to do with my major, just that I took it as a major exploration course without any prior experience (and well 90% of the students there have had previous experience). Well enough of my excuse, but it is irrelevant to my major, how much will it affect me once I get a P in it? I doubt I’ll be applying for law school, so the F/NP = 0 won’t affect me.</p>
<p>Hard to say what effect it might have, or if it will matter at all to you. So much depends on other things - what your overall final GPA becomes, what experiences and recommendations you have, how you interview, what school you are trying to enter, and even who else you are being compared to. </p>
<p>If the worst case, you could image a dead heat between you and other student for the last open spot, but you have an NP and the other one doesn’t. Theoretical and masochistic to imagine this. It is pretty unlikely that absolutely nothign is different with the other candidate - exactly as good an essay, exactly same grades, same types of classes, same quality of school, same recommendation letter impressions, equally credible recommenders, no factors like geography that differentiate you. Other things are more likely to make the difference. </p>
<p>Someone could interpret NP as either meaning you didn’t care to try, a kind of character flaw, or that you took it on but couldn’t handle the work to keep up, a kind of judgement flaw, or that you didn’t have the intellectual capacity to pass it. Retaking the course removes the last possibility, but frankly most expect a P on a retake. If a letter graded class, they expect an A on a retake. However, you can spin the P from a retake as a positive character trait - having taken the class, even though it wasn’t needed for major or pre-reqs, you felt you had to take and pass it because you committed when you signed up for it the first time. A matter of honor or of delivering on what you commit, which is a positive if you focus it that way. Thus, in an interview, that would be the best way to handle the NP and P, once you deal with explaining why you got an NP. </p>
<p>This is all masochistic, however. Nothing you do now can change that NP. Wasting time worrying about it is fruitless. Understand why it happened and make changes so you don’t fail any other classes. Learn what to take on in a semester. Understand what you like and what you are good at. However, spend your time and effort on what you can change, the future. Put this behind you.</p>
<p>Nobody except grad schools ever looks at your transcript… so it doesn’t really matter.</p>