Withdrawing from a PE Class... Matters for recruiting?

I am currently a second semester senior going into banking. I am taking a PE class pass/fail for what I thought would just be somewhat easy extra learning. If I were to withdraw from this class (time constraints, not 100% certain I will pass), would it harm my chances for PE interviews/offers? 

I appreciate any help or experience with the transcript checking in the PE interview process etc. Thanks!

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No, no one in PE hiring is checking your transcript. We focus on resume + references + interviews/model.

More importantly though, if you're genuinely interested in PE, this class sounds pretty unique. Can't you drop something else? If you're deprioritizing, I just question if you're truly passionate about PE, or do you plan to just take the class another semester?

 

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