GPA question for apps: credit/no credit

[jt6234]

My college offers an option of credit/no credit for up to 3 classes throughout undergrad that do not count toward GPA, and in my first semester I used one for my first year seminar. I ended up not receiving credit for the class, but it doesn't count toward my college-calculated GPA. According to the college, my GPA is 3.74. If I include the no credit as a failure, that GPA drops to a 3.3. I just finished my first year, so it's having a disproportionate impact on my GPA, but I'm just wondering if anyone knows how a class that is graded like this contributes to GPA on AMCAS/AACOMAS.

tl;dr how do credit/no credit classes impact GPA on medical school application platforms?

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[907914]

My college offers an option of credit/no credit for up to 3 classes throughout undergrad that do not count toward GPA, and in my first semester I used one for my first year seminar. I ended up not receiving credit for the class, but it doesn't count toward my college-calculated GPA. According to the college, my GPA is 3.74. If I include the no credit as a failure, that GPA drops to a 3.3. I just finished my first year, so it's having a disproportionate impact on my GPA, but I'm just wondering if anyone knows how a class that is graded like this contributes to GPA on AMCAS/AACOMAS.

tl;dr how do pass/fail classes impact GPA on medical school application platforms?

Pass fail classes do not affect your AMCAS reported GPA. Fails looks bad, but they don’t affect the GPA. However, is it P/F or Credit/No Credit? Because if you were not granted any credit by the institution, then it is basically like a W.

 

[jt6234]

Pass fail classes do not affect your AMCAS reported GPA. Fails looks bad, but they don’t affect the GPA. However, is it P/F or Credit/No Credit? Because if you were not granted any credit by the institution, then it is basically like a W.

it is credit/no credit! so it won't look quite as bad?

 

[907914]

it is credit/no credit! so it won't look quite as bad?

If there are only a couple spread out across your transcript on an otherwise peachy application, it should be fine.