During week 6 I changed the grading type of one of my classes to P/NP because I was really scared I wouldn’t do well; however, now in week 9 I am not doing too bad and feel stupid for changing the grade type. I was wondering if it is even worth it to petition to change back to a letter grade? Has anyone done this or heard of this before? I’ m not sure how often these petitions get approved or if you need a legit reason.
As far as I know you can’t do that. In general you shouldn’t take a class pass no pass since the curve is pretty generous even when you feel like you are failing.
the page about changing grading basis is https://www.registrar.ucla.edu/Registration-Classes/Study-List/Change-Class-Grading-Basis which I imagine you’ve already seen
as for how often they are approved, check with College Academic Counseling https://cac.ucla.edu/ If they don’t know the answer, they ought to know who would