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Does Pass Fail affect your admission
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I am a sophmore right now and currently i have 4.0 but im having issue with my spanish class which i very sad about if i get a b should i take a pass fail which wont affect my Gpa or take A B which will do college look at that and think it not a real gpa because it kind of a cheat

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3 years ago

Personally I think taking the pass/fail will look worse to colleges. I would take the B and not worry about it too much. You're only a sophomore and a single B isn't going to kill your college chances, especially if you can keep up your good grades junior and senior year.

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3 years ago

I had this problem too. So typically the Pass/fail system doesn't count towards your grades. If you pass the course you will receive those credits but if you fail, you won't. When I had this issue I was afraid that this would look bad on my college applications but colleges typically look at your complete transcript to get a good picture of what kind if student you are academically. So if you are an overall great student then this most likely won't have an effect on you. Hope this helped and good luck :)

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