Pass/fail classes

Graduate School
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I'm a new member. I'm a junior at Stetson University (small, private college in Florida) and next year I plan to apply for a mixture of clinical psychology Ph.D programs, Psy.D programs, and potentially some school psychology Ph.D programs as well. Over the last couple of weeks, I've heard from several other students at my school that if you take any courses pass/fail, when you apply to grad school, the schools interpret those passes as Cs. (Stetson lets you choose to take up to 2 courses pass/fail, as long as they're not in your major or minor.) </p>

<p>I'm worried because in addition to electing to take a course pass/fail this semester (pottery), I'm in the honors program, for which the last 4 courses (study abroad, community service, and 2 senior colloquium classes) are ALL by their nature pass/fail, with no option of receiving grades for them. So my question is, is this the case for pass/fail classes? Do different schools, or different types of programs, interpret them different ways? Should I start complaining to the director of the honors program that the last 4 courses should be graded? (Stetson is small enough that this is actually a feasible option.) I appreciate any help you can give me!</p>

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<p>The pass/fail option is usually only resevred for non-major electives, so I would worry about it at all, the graduate admissions board knows this also.</p>

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<p>you know I was thinking about this......i still have to take three more stupid gen eds before I graduate and they have nothing to do with my major/minors. so I am thinking I may just want to take one of them pass/fail......not that I would slack off in the class...it's just that because I'd be focusing on my other classes AND applying to grad school, I don't want to be too stressed out about it.</p>

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<p>That seems reasonable, especially if it has nothing whatsoever to do with your field.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately, at my school you cannot Pass/Fail general requirements.</p>