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Make good use of Pass/NoPass, the GPA artifact of American students.

Students who go to college in the United States know that American universities have a Pass/NoPass (hereinafter referred to as P/NP) or Pass/Fail scoring mechanism.

Recently, many students who are going to apply for graduate students have come to consult us. A course may not get good grades for various reasons, for fear of lowering GPA. However, when transferring to P/NP, AcademicAdvisor of many universities tell students that P/NP will be counted as C by graduate schools when applying for graduate students, so students are not advised to transfer their courses to P/NP.

So is the consultant's suggestion right? Will P/NP affect graduate application? Quiet today will give you a detailed analysis.

What is pass/fail, pass/fail?

Pass/NoPass, or Pass/Fail, is a way for American universities to register their scores.

There are two ways to register scores in American universities. The first is our common LetterGrade, which is the ABCDF score, and the second is the P/NP that this article will talk about in detail.

P/NP, that is, students will only have two grades on their report cards, Pass or NoPass. Pass classes are included in students' credits, but it will not affect students' GPANoPass classes, and it will not affect GPA.

Generally speaking, courses with a total score of more than C are considered as passing, and those below C are considered as failing. Most schools allow students to change some non-professional courses (mainly general courses) to P/NP, while professional courses cannot be changed to P/NP.

At the same time, the credits allowed by universities to change P/NP are also limited. For example, most UCI majors are only allowed to change P/NP 4 credits per semester (the specific restrictions vary from university to university).