<p>This may be a really stupid question, but at my school, we have the option of taking a class Pass/Fail (Pass being anything above a C) as long as it's not an honors/AP class. I've taken 2 years of regular Spanish with the standard letter grading, but I am considering taking the last 2 units as Pass/Fail because it doesn't get factored into your GPA. (which would actually be helpful in my case, because I'm not in honors Spanish)</p>
<p>I live in Illinois and most of the colleges here have a 2 year foreign language requirement that needs to be completed in high school. My counselor told me that the 2 year foreign language requirement can't be taken as Pass/Fail because the colleges won't consider it as having completed the requirement.</p>
<p>Anyways, I was just wondering if taking Spanish pass/fail would be frowned upon by admissions officers. If my grades for Spanish (during the 2 years that I took it as a letter grade) were consistently A's, wouldn't the AOs automatically assume that my "pass" in the class is actually an A?</p>
<p>I'm just kind of wary, because according to Princeton Review, they recommend that students "never take a course pass/fail" because "admissions officers don't know what to make of a "pass" on your transcript. They may count it as a C or even a D in calculating your grade point average. They will certainly decide that you were coasting when you took that course"</p>