Due to COVID, my university is allowing students to pass/fail.
Anyway, should I pass/fail A-'s. How do you all think MBA programs and recruiters will treat pass fail. Is it better to have a higher GPA and pass/fails or lower GPA and all 'legit'.
Thoughts?
| +326 | UBS Tech MD hires Son (from no-name college) as an Intern | 57 | 10h |
| +237 | Evercore Intern Seizure | 35 | 1h |
| +90 | [Official] 2026 IB Analyst Bonus Megathread (with 2025 Consolidated Pay and Perks/Benefits) | 12 | 2d |
| +55 | Is DCM actually underrated ? | 21 | 9h |
| +54 | JPM M&A is Gone??? Purely Coverage Banking??? | 22 | 22m |
| +46 | Are all Tech / TMT groups sweaty? | 33 | 20h |
| +40 | Losing my personality in Banking | 5 | 2d |
| +38 | Am I behind? 31 Year Old Analyst | 9 | 1d |
| +37 | Associate & Above IB exits | 15 | 2h |
| +31 | Incoming IB Analyst: Best Ways to Prepare? | 8 | 2d |
Career Resources
Get instant access to lessons taught by experienced private equity pros and bulge bracket investment bankers including financial statement modeling, DCF, M&A, LBO, Comps and Excel Modeling.
bump
Recruiters don’t care. MBA programs will.
It’s fine to P/F all classes but doing it for cherry-picked classes looks suspicious (like you’re trying to protect your GPA, which you are). Better to P/F all or get your letter grade for all than to cherry pick only the ones you got A’s in.
If you don’t believe me for some reason then search it - tons of people asked this question last semester.
100% correct.
Be a man and take the grade.
MBAs wont care. Look it up on their websites. There's no evidence that they would be lying to everyone. Anecdotal, but my sibling also talked to someone in MBA admissions at an HSW about this (as an undergrad at the university) and she told them they look at overall GPA, and even then it's just one part of the application. Not even surprising to me, considering all the changes to policy due to COVID, but even then, MBA would be the least to care. My older brother got into HBS with a couple withdrawals on his transcript, which imo is worse than a p/f. The interns and others on WSO are usually just going to be talking out of their ass, but the truth is none of us are on the admissions committee, and most haven't even applied to an MBA program.
Agree with this take. I've commented on previous threads on the same topic. I took 5 classes P/NP in undergrad. Had a solid overall GPA and good grades within quant classes. Got admitted to M7 with merit-based fellowship. I think at the end of the day, overall GPA matters the most (given this is what is reported and affects rankings).
No one cares. It's an MBA, not med school
Neither recruiters or MBA programs will care. Do what you gotta do to get the GPA up.
No shot bankers have the time or energy to pick apart your transcript. P/F whatever will drop your GPA. If you’re applying to grad school it’s definitely more important, but I still can’t imagine MBA programs care that much.
what if you fail P/F?
Voluptatem ut accusantium corporis mollitia soluta dolores. Iure nemo reiciendis doloremque consequatur et et iure quia. Aut et voluptas animi aut quas. Cumque fuga cupiditate molestias ipsam architecto aut eum.
Id libero dicta occaecati doloremque praesentium. Ab et quas et. Quam ipsam perspiciatis perferendis.
Vel et quo libero ex et repudiandae velit est. Voluptates ut sit quas sed eaque sed. Ut velit nisi enim quam qui. Quibusdam itaque iste sunt ex omnis. Consequatur quo dolorem quia.
Nesciunt facere fugit quia officiis fugit ex repudiandae. Quos accusantium asperiores repudiandae nemo voluptas cumque. Sunt at suscipit ut aut dolores nihil vero sit.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...