GPA on P/F option

This is my first semester at a new university after transfer, and has been qui5e an awful one due to corona virus.

My school recently introduced a policy that all students will get grade on P/F base whatsoever with no alternative option. I know I will easily get P marks on all classes I’m taking but it will put me in shoes where I don’t have an official new school GPA yet. What should I do? I can probably explain that on my resume but I have to “choose” one on the online application.

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Are you familiar with the economic concept of signaling? Assuming your university gives you the choice to choose between a letter grade and the P/F option. Whatever course you choose to take P/F instead of letter grade, you just chose the pooling equilibrium with others who either do not want to do more than minimum work or those who care more about passing than getting accurate feedback.

 

Bro, judging from the money shit on your comment, you made a rookie mistake of speaking the language that some monkeys do not understand and don’t want to understand.

 

My University did something similar. It made all classes Credit/No Credit (same thing as Pass/Fail) by default, but you can petition to receive a letter grade for a class. How bad does it look to keep all of my classes Credit/No Credit, or make one of my more tedious classes Credit/No Credit, to business school? I'm a senior with a job lined up (although I'd like to work for more well-known banks down the line).

 

since it is a university policy, I would recommend asking your registrar’s office for guidance and a possible solution. Are you sure the university did not offer appeal as an alternative? Various universities have decided or are considering the P/F option and practice vary. It is best to ask.

 

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