I am a junior at a top 10 university and I double major in Math and Economics. I can get As and A-s in all 4 major classes this semester, but I may get a B in my political science class, which is not my major. I am thinking of changing it to pass/fail because I don’t want a B among my As and a B is 3.0 which will lower my 3.9 GPA by 0.04 points. . I want to pursue a PhD in economics. Should I change it to pass/fail? Will my grad school think a Pass is worse than a B?
It will make zero impact either way.
Seriously…one B grade in undergrad school is not going to make or break your grad school prospects.
It’s up to you, but yeah, the one B is not going to matter.
Go ahead, that’s exactly what P/F is for.
If you were to apply for Graduate school in Economics, it does not make any difference if you have a B or pass/fail grade. However, if you are applying for medical school, it makes a BIG difference, a pass/fail grade for an otherwise letter-graded subject, based on AMCAS rule it will be automatically counted as a C grade.
Say what? Is that a new change? (Has someone told the big P/F colleges such as Brown et al.?)
“Most courses with the AMCAS Course Type listed below are not included in AMCAS GPA calculation…”
- Pass/Fail..."