<p>Can anyone explain the advantages/disadvantages of the two please?</p>
<p>taking a class pass / no pass does not affect your gpa positively or negatively. you can’t take any major classes P/NP and only up to 25% of your total units can be P/NP.</p>
<p>I would recommend taking some of your GE"s that you think you wont enjoy / care about as P/NP.</p>
<p>what exactly does P/NP do?
between P/NP and letter grade wuts the difference besides the As and Bs and Pass or no pass</p>
<p>Under a C- is NP whereas under a D- would be failing if you did the grading option.</p>
<p>so if it doesn’t affect my gpa, then it just goes on my transcript and indicates that i took the course??</p>
<p>I was wondering about this too… I’m an engineering major but I also want to learn a foreign language like japanese. I was thinking about taking it as a pass/no pass grading.</p>
<p>The coursework would probably get tough later on, and if it does get too difficult to handle learning japanese and dealing with my major courses… I could flat-out stop caring about the language class, not show up, receive a no pass, and it won’t even affect me at all right?</p>
<p>Or will graduate schools or employers somehow be able to look up courses (that weren’t even related to my major) and see what I didn’t pass under this option?</p>
<p>I’m thinking about signing up for a 5th class for fun, since I already have taken a couple japanese classes in college, and they only offer A part of the ABC series in the Fall quarter, a good review couldn’t hurt.</p>
<p>the No Pass wont affect your GPA, but I’m guessing it won’t look too good on your transcripts for grad school, if your taking a class P/NP, its not that hard to get a C.</p>
<p>^ that’s somewhat a rumor. A C looks worse than a P. The reason I say this is because most grad/professonal schools are going to look at your GPA and major GPA. They aren’t going to look down on you for taking a GE and getting a P in it. That’s why they don’t let you take your major classes for P/NP since they are the more IMPORTANT ones. </p>
<p>You really just…don’t want C’s. If you are a Science major who’s premed/predental/prepharm etc., They aren’t gonna give you the look of shame at all if you got a P in Caribbean Literature… It really won’t make the difference and a C/B in some class like that would only hurt you since it shoots your GPA.</p>
<p>take pass/no pass for classes that are GE’s that have absolutely nothing to do with your major and you think it might lower your gpa. you can change your grading option until the end of week 4, so say you are taking a random art class and your major is like chemistry or something and no grad school really gives a **** about your art class, but you take the first midterm for the art class and get a C, i would change it to pass/no pass. but say you get an A or something pretty decent and it would raise your gpa and your confident that you can get that grade in the class, i would change it to letter grade.</p>
<p>how many classes can you take P/NP?</p>
<p>^ 25% or less of your classes can be pass/no pass by the time you graduate.</p>
<p>I wonder if they recalculate your GPA with major-based classes tossing out any unrelated GE classes…</p>
<p>you have an overall GPA and a major GPA calculated on ur degree audit.</p>
<p>I’m in ERC, and I’m wondering how many MMW’s can I take for pass/no pass?</p>
<p>^None, they all have to be taken for a letter grade</p>