<p>Ok, I'm sure this question has been asked a million times before, but I couldn't find any thread on it... Anyway, do med schools look down on if you take a class as Pass/Fail (or P/NP)? Specifically, I enrolled in a class that is just a graduation requirement, has no connection to my major, and isn't a pre-med course. I'm thinking of taking it P/F because it seems like it'd be hard to get an A in it. As far as I can anticipate, this will probably be the only class in college that I'll be taking P/F, so will it look bad for med school? Thanks</p>
<p>I doubt one P/F class is going to make a difference because it's not for your major or for med school requirements. So it seems like it'd be okay.</p>
<p>I was thinking about doing this too. I am currently enrolled in an art class where getting a 4.0 is very difficult (98%+ in the class). I am only taking this class to meet graduation requirements. It has nothing to do with my major...</p>
<p>Sounds like a very minor bad thing.</p>
<p>but it's still a bad thing? so will it affect anything at all? or is it like getting an A- vs. an A in physics? Sorry for the questions, but I never really thought I'd be faced with this problem haha</p>
<p>I don't think it's a bad thing at all, so long as the number of P/F courses you take stays below 3. If starts becoming a habit, then they're are issues, but the rare P/F isn't a big deal. </p>
<p>Just be prepared to explain why you took it pass/fail in interviews. If it's just one course, it probably won't be brought up. </p>
<p>AND MAKE SURE YOU PASS! (it's easy to think that b/c you only have to get a 70 or 73 in the class to pass that you don't have to study and you can turn in sub-par work, it's human nature, just don't let it happen to you.)</p>
<p>Much smaller than the gap between an A- and an A in a core premed class. Very, very minor bad thing.</p>
<p>Of course people would prefer to see an excellent grade instead of a "P". That's all I mean.</p>
<p>COLLEGE!, It is not a bad thing at all. Pass/Fail grading is felt to promote academic exploration as long as it is not abused. Brown is one of the 5 universities in the country with the highest number of premeds getting admitted to med school and almost everyone has taken a P/F course at one point or another. As long as it is not one of the mandatory requirement courses for admission to med school, it is really not even a "very, very minor bad thing".</p>
<p>It's not a bad thing at all. Just don't have too many (or else you'll look like a whimp) and don't expect to use any class you've taken P/F to satisfy any med school requirements.</p>
<p>It depends on what you're comparing him to. If two kids present with the same GPA, you'd have to imagine that the one with more credit hours taken for a grade would have a slight -- very slight -- edge.</p>
<p>A minor dispute over a minor issue.</p>
<p>I guess I might do P/F for my stupid art class...</p>