<p>I am a sophomore Psychology major at a prestigious U.S. college. I plan to go to graduate school for either Social or Clinical Psychology and eventually work as an academic in the field.<br>
In my economics class this semester, I have consistently received Bs on homework assignments, and I don't have a good feeling about our most recent midterm. It almost seems that there isn't a correlation between how much I study for my grades thus far in this class.<br>
My guess is that I'll end up receiving a B in the class. However, my GPA right now is a 4.0, and I'd like to keep it that way for graduate school admissions. </p>
<p>Should I take the class Pass/Fail and focus on my other courses and research? Does this look bad during the grad school admissions process?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>just take it pf. adcoms won even notice it and won care at all. ive got friend who passed failed impt classes and got into harvard.</p>
<p>Do you actually have the option to take the course pass/fail at this point? There are usually time restrictions on those things. </p>
<p>Either way, you won’t have a problem regardless of what action you take. A B grade (or even multiple) will not hurt you unless you have a weak application overall. Continue doing well, get research experience (key), great recommendations and you will be extremely competitive. A 4.0 is great, but don’t think a 3.8 would exclude you from anything.</p>
<p>One B in your academic career wont kill you. So you’ll graduate with a 3.95 instead of a 4.0. Whoopie.</p>
<p>Yes, the option is still open for quite awhile.</p>
<p>“Whoopie”? I’m not sure this is how grad schools look at transcripts with Pass grades. That’s why I’m asking.</p>
<p>The grades that count are in, or related to, your grad school field. Your gpa in those is what counts. Do not take a course P/F if it is one you see in the grad school list of courses you need to get that degree. Economics and Psych??? Also remember that you may eventually change your major, choose another field for grad work. Will a P/F in economics not be given credit by some department, say in a business field ten years from now? A “B” probably won’t hurt you for Psych, but a P/F may mean repeating the course years later…</p>
<p>It won’t affect your grad school applications at all, but, of course, it may affect your Latin Honors status on graduation, which may or may not matter to you. </p>
<p>If you are truly worried about this course and don’t need it, then certainly take it pass/fail. It will take some of the pressure off.</p>