<p>If you are intereted in learning a foreign language, but are worried that your grade might not reflect well upon your GPA- would it be okay to take the language classes P/NP? </p>
<p>My sister told me that most law schools calculate Pass/No Passes as C's in your GPA- is this true? Are P/NP classes frowned upon?</p>
<p>Any help would be awesome, thanks!!!</p>
<p>if law schools do calculate the P/NP classes, then what if i took elective seminar classes that could only be graded P/NP? </p>
<p>we were encouraged to take them at my school because they were small in class size and would be a good way to know the professor while you're still a freshmen (i go to a big public university). </p>
<p>wow that wouldn't be fair if they calculated cuz i didn't know they did that.</p>
<p>I think it can be both a positive and a negative; it depends on the course. For instance, at my university, the honors thesis proposal and honors thesis is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. The fact that I choose to accomplish a thesis, and thus graduate with honors, will be positive regardless of how the course is graded - so long as I pass.</p>
<p>I think the same should apply to seminar courses, but I cannot be sure. It is not as if one is enrolling in a 'gut' course.</p>
<p>I believe the pass/no pass will not be averaged with your other grades. Furthermore, if there are any Ws, retakes, or other type of withdrawal/incomplete courses, these will be considered the way that your home institution treats them -which consequently would indicate that if a seminar is only offer p/np, it is out of the sutdents hands and he/she shouldn't be at fault.</p>
<p>Having said that, I would not take a language class p/np simply because I don't want to damage my GPA. That will, in most cases, be frown upon -unless you have a learning disability documented in your record, and can present the argument as to why you took the class p/np .</p>
<p>LSDAS calculates your undergrad GPA and gives that to the law schools. Passes are not counted towards that. </p>
<p>Some schools want an explanation for every W or P/NP on your transcript. I had one course that I had to take pass/fail, although it was normally given on a regular grade basis - long story short, a handful of us were given bad information by an advisor, had to make up the class between November and January, and were thus not graded on a normal basis. That might be a bit different than not wanting your GPA to take a hit.</p>
<p>From what I understand, law schools don't like pass/fail because it's one less opportunity to judge your scholastic achievements.</p>