<p>How many pass/fail courses can you take? Is there any advantage to taking them?</p>
<p>One of my intro to engineering courses is pass fail and I wasn't expecting that but I don't really know the advantages of it.</p>
<p>It depends on the school. At mine, we can take up to four courses pass fail. It's great to use if you are experimenting outside of your comfort zone; for example I'm taking my quantitative reasoning requirement p/f because I am in no way a math person. It's also great if you are taking an extra class and want to relieve some extra pressure.</p>
<p>in my school i think you can take as many as you want, as long as they're not mandatory courses for your major</p>
<p>They're good if you think the class will tear up your GPA, but you think you can still pass. However, I have heard that if you plan on going to grad schools later, they basically look at a "pass" as a "C," because if you were to have a high grade, you probably wouldn't have taken it pass/fail.</p>
<p>So does a pass/fail class look worse than a regular class?</p>
<p>it will help you from getting kicked out of school if the school has unit reqirements per year</p>
<p>If you want a high GPA for grad school, you're better off taking very few courses pass/fail. But pass/fail should really be used for "exploring" or fulfilling distribution requirements in areas you're not good at.</p>