https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:35:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2368144 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:04:38 +0000 MrsLilybugg 2368144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Finfan: thank you! and exactly: my friend asked how I would feel about a B and I think it would lower my GPA too. Yes, I'm surprised they give us this long to elect a class as P/F! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2368098 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:34:34 +0000 Finfan 2368098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took a class pass/fail and it was fine. The professor told me after that I shouldn't have done it because I would have had a B+ but that actually would have brought my gpa down so... </p> <p>I decided to do it because I had a bunch of things going on that semester outside of school and didn't want to stress about this class. It was a journalism class (proofreading) which has never been my strong suit. </p> <p>At my school, you only had the first 5 days of the semester to elect to take a class pass/fail though. I would do it in your situation definitely. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2368065 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:15:17 +0000 MrsLilybugg 2368065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: the grading system is that if you Pass, the credits aren't tallied into your GPA (so, you don't get the opportunity to RAISE a GPA because it is n/a to calculate the quality points). But if you fail it, the three credits DO get tallied and can bring the calculation down. YOu almost need a math class to get that haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2368056 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:10:56 +0000 PawPrints 2368056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My memory of this is really fuzzy, but I feel like taking a class P/F meant you didn't get the full credits for it? Like it was only worth one credit or something? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2368032 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:58:02 +0000 MrsLilybugg 2368032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Oooh i didn't think about a curve. I feel like everyone in that class is taking it as P/F (based on their comments), so maybe that would affect me too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2368005 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:45:29 +0000 JoJoGirl 2368005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah. I took an advanced statistics/regression class in grad school and got REALLY FREAKED OUT right before the first exam and switched to P/F in a panic. Then ended up setting the curve in the class :-/ I have a tendency to panic about stuff like that. So yes, totally regret it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2367989 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:36:41 +0000 MrsLilybugg 2367989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: thank you so much for your feedback!! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2367956 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:11:18 +0000 HappyBaker 2367956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsLilybugg: I'd do it then, you know you'll pass! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2367942 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:02:42 +0000 MrsLilybugg 2367942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: thank you! This helps! So my January class is in my major so taking that P/F wouldn't be an option. And the deadline is tomorrow - ha. I hadn't really considered this until a reminder about the final stared me in the face this morning. Oh and a Fail would lower my GPA , but a Pass would not affect it (they don't tally credits in passing classes toward GPA but so if you fail it) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2367927 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:55:31 +0000 HappyBaker 2367927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When do you have to decide if you're taking it pass/fail by? Also if you care about your GPA I'd check with administration about if P/F classes factor in at all.</p> <p>I think in your situation as long as you are pretty sure the last class in January isn't going to be worse, I'd take the math one as pass/fail. I HATE group work and the grading that comes along with it, and agree that his comments about the final sound like it might be hard to prepare for it.</p> <p>I did something similar for a class unrelated to my major that I just couldn't seem to do well in / didn't really care about, and definitely didn't regret it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-taken-a-course-as-passfail#post-2367877 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 09:17:57 +0000 MrsLilybugg 2367877@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you ever taken a course as Pass/Fail?</p> <p>At my school, you are allowed to take one Pass/Fail course per semester, and it can’t fall in your Major.</p> <p>I have yet to use this option, and have been saving this Ace card in my back pocket for the required Math distribution class. I am leaning toward taking the class as Pass/Fail. Has anyone done this and regretted it? *I have no real “regret” scenarios. Maybe it affected grad school applications? No idea. Just covering every possible scenario. I’m an over thinker!</p> <p>If you would indulge my current plight:</p> <p>My situation:<br /> I have one class left before FINALLLYYY graduating (finishing my BA after withdrawing for life reasons a billion years ago). Taking this Class in January.</p> <p>My GPA so far is 3.9-something</p> <p>In this Quantitative Reasoning course, I so far have 59.4 out of 60 points.</p> <p>HOWEVER:</p> <p>---We have one Group Project left, worth 10% of grade</p> <p> Based on how he corrects homework, I think he will be rather jerky about it. For example, he deducted 6 points off a question that we were supposed to Google and Bing. Example: “Use Google Calculator to change a large number into -h.e.lla units”. “Now try Bing. Does Bing know about this?” On his answer sheet, after he corrected our homework, he wrote “no”. I also wrote “no, Bing does not know about this function”. Our answers matched. But he still took off 6 points because “he had written this answer sheet three years ago, and today if you write ‘-h.e.lla. units’ in Bing articles do show up” . OK – trick question? Articles showed up, not calculations! {scream}. </p> <p>So this is an example of his homework grading style. I’m afraid he will chop up our group project.</p> <p>---One cumulative Final left, worth 25% of grade</p> <p>He has said that the Final is not designed by him but by the Math Department. That he does his best to take out problems he deems too difficult but that it's out of his hands ultimately. I read a review of his class, and one student said they were an A student and got good grades throughout his course, but cried the entire final because nothing on it was taught to her during his course.</p> <p>So I’m afraid that even though so far I have earned an A, that the group project and Final might bring it down. And what is the point if it’s just a required distribution in Math, a subject I have no desire ever to pursue. </p> <p>Is this an easy answer? Take it as Pass/Fail? </p>