<p>My daughter doesn't come on CC, but I have a question that we are debating and I would appreciate some advice if possible. She is taking a rather difficult elective as a prerequisite for an upcoming class, and I told her that she should take it pass/fail so she wouldn't have to worry about the grade so much. She thinks that doing so would look bad for graduate school admissions. She has a great GPA and is doing very well, and will be applying to rather selective graduate programs next year.</p>
<p>Any thoughts? Thanks!</p>
<p>It is S/U not P/F - satisfactory/unsatisfactory. She must get a C-. from what I have read/heard, she should be fine doing it this way once or twice if needed and it won’t hurt.</p>
<p>For grad school, it’s most important to get good grades in classes relevant to your intended program of study. So if the pre-req course is more relevant, take that for a letter grade, whereas if the course she’s preparing for is more relevant, I think it’s fine to take the current course S/U and just make sure she does well in the future class.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</p>