<p>my friend says that her sister told her that grad schools see a pass/no pass grade on ur transcript as a F/C. In other words, if you pass they consider it a C. I'm only taking a freshman seminar, but just wondering if what she says is true.</p>
<p>I don't think so. They just disregard it, at least for law schools.
(I have one P/NP class...so I hope it's true.)</p>
<p>A no-pass or fail grade counts as 0 in your grade-point average for med, law, etc. admissions.</p>
<p>A pass grade simply isn't factored into your GPA. However, from what I've heard, they do assume that the more classes you have taken P/NP, the more likely your "actual" GPA (if P/NP were not an option) would be lower, so don't take too many classes P/NP. A good ratio is one P/NP for every four or more letter grades.</p>
<p>Just make sure that the required classes for your grad school are letter grade.</p>
<p>one specific case i know of...law schools regard a NP as an F. as for other schools, i'm sure most of them just don't count it. however, there are always exceptions.</p>
<p>If I'm a EE major and I take "Advanced Analog Circuit Design" P/NP, that would be suspicious. If I take a 2-unit "Seinfeld Philosophy" Decal P/NP, nobody will care. Remember, graduate school admissions are comprised of people that think about the same as you.</p>