<p>How brilliant would it be if someone would have told me before that S/NS was an option?</p>
<p>So, when the curve median is set at 2.5 (for example) I wouldn't have to receive a grade which would drag down my cumulative?</p>
<p>How bad would that look though?</p>
<p>I mean, in theory one could then sign up for S/NS on all their core classes and just focus themselves on getting great grades in their other courses, to boost GPA? Does this make sense?</p>
<p>There’s a catch!!</p>
<p>S/NS does NOT count toward requirements. If you choose S/NS, it becomes an elective – doesn’t count toward major requirements, NW/I&S/VLPA or anything. If the course is a requirement for your major you would have to retake it.</p>
<p>[UW</a> Grading System](<a href=“http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/front/Grading_Sys.html]UW”>University of Washington Office of the Registrar)</p>
<p>And it looks pretty bad. Not horrible, but not respectable at all. Use sparingly, if at all. I have never used this option.</p>
<p>What andreaaaaaa said is true! However, if it’s not a major or graduation requirement class, feel free to S/NS it as your elective! My friend is a business major doing premed with a 3.9 GPA and he S/NS’d CSE 142 because there was no way he was going to get above a 3.7 or so and it would have dragged his GPA down. However, he was taking it for fun, didn’t need the AoK credits, and it doesn’t really count towards any medical school prereqs or the business major.</p>
<p>Yeah, the class I’m thinking of doing it in is median set at 2.7 but the instructor says I’m sitting at 3.3 right now, but my cum GPA is a little above 3.62, almost 3.63. I’d consider it only to save the GPA. Even though the class doesn’t count towards major and I have my AoK done, it’s a prerequisite for a class I need and the instructor says that I should only do it if I like FAIL the second midterm.</p>
<p>So, for now, I’m not going to change a thing.</p>