Pass/fail vs. a C in college
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Anonymous
| I would switch to Pass/fail here. |
Anonymous
| Pass fail. Gpa matters and dont let this screw it up so early. |
Anonymous
| I don't know the answer but my son is also a STEM person and getting a C in the intro Econ class. I was an econ minor myself but clearly its not for everyone. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely take the C; it doesn't matter at all. |
Anonymous
GPA doesn't matter that much, really. |
Anonymous
+1. I might have a different view if it were a class in his/her major field, but for what effectively is a GenEd it can make sense to go P/F. |
Anonymous
| I was an Econ major who never got below an A- in classes in my major at a top SLAC school but couldn't wrap my head around physics for the life of me. My roommate was a Physics major who graduated with high honors in his department but got a B- in Intro to Micro. Different strokes. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
It does if graduate studies are a possibility. |
Anonymous
| The school allows change to pass/fail this late? that is unusual. |
Anonymous
What about a B+? |
Anonymous
| switch to pass / fail |
Anonymous
| are you sure she can still switch to P/F? Most colleges don't allow that sonfar into the semester |
Anonymous
My older kid was a strong math student (he took bc calc and mv in high school and did very well in both without putting in a lot of work; 800 math sat score first sitting) but has not taken to econ in college and has struggled in it - before he went to college I would have guessed he’d wind up something like a quant econ major. He was in the same boat as OP’s kid with intro to econ freshman year (he pulled it up to a B via the final), and I convinced him to try macro because I assumed he must have had a bad prof for the intro class, but he’s struggling in macro, too, and doesn’t find it easy or interesting. My kid will never use those “strong” math skills, haha. |
Anonymous
| Pass:fail |