<p>About what % of your total units were taken p/np?</p>
<p>I went to law school several years ago, but other than phys ed courses (we were required to take a couple of them) it was 0%. I never chose to take a class pass/fail.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, I went to a top law school. I would guess that I took about 5-10% of my undergrad classes as pass/fail.</p>
<p>At law school itself, there were a couple introductory courses that were pass/fail. As to the remainder, I believe that you had to choose all or nothing. Either you take them all for grades, or all pass/fail.</p>
<p>thanks for the responses....because i was under the assumption that any single p/np course on an applicant's transcript would be looked down upon. so about 5-10% is considered reasonable?</p>
<p>My impression is that both posters attended law school a while ago. And it's very possible that skinner was a strong enough candidate overall that they admitted him despite a few p/np courses -- i.e. they were looked down upon, but he was strong enough overall.</p>
<p>By the way, undergrads at my school take 32 courses total over their undergraduate years. 5-10% is two or three courses.</p>
<p>i think it can be very dangerous to try to derive general standards of what is or in not considered reasonable based on a few individual applicants' stories.</p>
<p>well, does anybody else know what is considered a reasonable amount of p/np courses? is it considered bad to have taken any courses p/np?</p>
<p>For what it's worth, I graduated law school about 10 years ago. I didn't decide to apply to law school until well after I graduated college, so I had never given any thought to the pass/fail issue.</p>
<p>My recollection is that law school admissions offices have a formula for figuring out your GPA. I can't remember how they factor in pass/fail classes. I imagine you could look up that information somewhere.</p>
<p>thanks for the help....i know how they factor p/np courses. For example, a pass would have no effect on the GPA whereas a no pass would factor in as an F. But i have heard that p/np courses are strongly discouraged and i wanted to know what is the general rule for what is considered acceptable.</p>
<p>I'm not that old, by the way, for those out there implying that I went to law school when the dinosaurs roamed the earth. </p>
<p>I think that what is considered acceptable with respect to pass/fail classes probably differs from law school to law school -- there is no one guideline. I think that if you take a pass/fail class here or there, it shouldn't make an impact at all. If, however, your transcript shows some kind of pattern -- taking pass/fail classes in your most difficult classes, or in all of your classes involving writing or . . . well, you get the idea -- I would imagine that an admissions officer might look at that pattern (and, in my opinion, 3 or more pass/fail classes that fit that pattern would be enough to establish that pattern) and make judgments about your aptitudes and approach to school. Those judgments could certainly affect your application for admission to law school. </p>
<p>Remember -- being qualified for admission to law school isn't typically enough (plenty of very qualified candidates are rejected from law schools every admissions cycle). You are compared to and competing for those spots in the class against other very qualified candidates. If they don't have the "pattern" on their transcripts, then you may not stack up when compared to the other applicants with similar qualifications.</p>
<p>I'm sure it just depends ....as an honors student, it was very common for students to take HON 4XX Thesis Research adn HON 4XX Thesis Writing....both are pass/fail....I cant see any committee looking down on that... so you definitely have to think about what it is you're taking for pas fail...</p>
<p>it depends (I hate that answer too). lskinner might have been the only person to get in with p/f classes or there might have been thousands. do whatever you have to do and hope u get accepted. :|</p>
<p>Law school has also gotten a lot more competitive. Last year I was surprised to find that my LSAT score put me at the 25th percentile for my school. (I was 50th at the time I attended.)</p>
<p>But I basically agree with sallyawp. My instinct is that if you must take some classes pass/fail, don't make a habit out of it.</p>
<p>Also, I bet this issue is addressed in some of those "how to get into law school" type books. I seem to recall it was addressed in Princeton Review's "Cracking the System" back in the 80s.</p>
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<p>Well, the LSAT was harder when you took it, so that is not surprising.</p>
<p>Did they re-norm the test in the last 10 years? I had no idea. I assumed that a 168 or a 170 in 1994 is the same as 168 or a 170 in 2006.</p>