How to figure GPA when some courses are pass/fail?

[klmama]

When figuring GPA, do you simply not add in the hours of those courses that are pass/fail?

 

Also, has any college questioned you about having pass/fail courses on your transcript? Has it been detrimental to anyone?

[momofkhm]

Yes, I simply don't add those hours into the calculation.

 

Only one acceptance so far, but no one has questioned the reason of pass/fail. Somewhere on there I've stated that I don't give grades for discussion based classes or classes that don't have an outside method of testing. (If the publisher of the text does not provide tests, I do not give a letter grade.) So far no problems.

 

ETA: We're up to 2 acceptances with no issues from the pass/fail classes.

[regentrude]

Yes, I do not count the hours of pass/fail courses for the calculation of the GPA.

That is the whole point why I make some classes P/F: I do not believe it is sensible to average the grades for subjects like calculus and PE. Thus, I only give letter grades in academic subjects where an objective evaluation is possible, and only those will count for the GPA.

[Kareni]

On my daughter's transcript, I had the notation "P indicates participation in a class in which a letter grade was not provided."

 

She had this notation for courses such as

 

Intensive Beginning Japanese (a summer course offered as community education by the local community college)

Swing Dance - Beginning (this and the next two classes were offered by a homeschooling resource center)

Fencing

Beauty & the Beast Musical Theatre

 

She applied to ten colleges, was accepted by eight and wait-listed at a ninth. None of the colleges questioned this approach.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[dirty ethel rackham]

I didn't include it in the calculation. The only classes I had as pass/fail are ones that wouldn't lend themselves for evaluation and were not academic classes for us: PE, Music (piano, theory and appreciation), Religion, Health, Consumer Finance. My GPA wasn't questioned any where and my son was accepted at all 4 colleges where he applied and was offered their top scholarships.

[klmama]

Thanks, everyone.

[Sebastian (a lady)]

This is a good idea for me to use with our coop art class.