Taking a class P/NP

<p>I'm not sure if this was asked before, but do admissions officers look down on a class taken P/NP, instead of for a letter grade? The classes I'm considering taking P/NP are not related to my major, but I am coming from another UC. My roommate (who also wants to do an intercampus transfer) says officials see it as a cop out. Is it true =/ ?</p>

<p>Nope, I had a few P/NP classes and UCLA didn't fret. I actually recommend taking P/NP whenever possible, as it'll allow you to concentrate on the other classes.</p>

<p>I think there is a limit as to the actual number of classes you can take P/NP, but they don't frown upon it. I believe that as long as they are not major related you should be fine.</p>

<p>there was someone here earlier who said that some grad schools, mostly law schools, calculate p/np classes as a C or fail, respectively.</p>

<p>I said that, that was a while back , not sure if they still do it this way though. Back in 06 my husbands application was done that way.</p>

<p>Oh, thank you for the input. As for the graduate school thing, at this point, I'm not sure if I will go immediately after I get my BA. But, I did find this website AS</a> - Grad School Handout
It states: "Add all of your units together; do not include courses for which you received a Passed or a Not Passed"</p>

<p>Since P/NP classes have no effect on your gpa, I'm guessing graduate schools no longer look at P/NP classes as a C or a fail?</p>

<p>I do not think grad schools consider a P to be a C. Many classes are offered ONLY P/NP, if they had such a policy, they would be punishing students who take such classes. (For instance, I took a 1 unit Pascal class at Berkeley long ago, it was offered only P/NP, and I believe that the freshman/sophomore seminars at Berkeley are P/NP).</p>

<p>Taking a class P/NP does not reflect badly upon you since most students opt to take that route so they can focus more of their time on their major related courses. Don't worry about it...they wouldn't offer it if it was frowned upon.</p>