Timeline for Will auditing impact graduate school admissions?
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| Aug 9, 2020 at 14:21 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @AnonymousPhysicist OP specifically says they want to audit the class because they are concerned about the stress/grade. | |
| Aug 9, 2020 at 7:24 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | See my previous comment. | |
| Aug 9, 2020 at 6:23 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @AnonymousPhysicist Why not take the course for a grade if you have aptitude and interest in the subject? | |
| Aug 9, 2020 at 5:53 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | "auditing it might make you appear to either lack aptitude or interest in an important area" re-examining this answer, this is just wrong. Generally the alternative to auditing is not taking a course at all. Auditing indicates a higher level of interest than not taking the course. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 12:11 | comment | added | young_alum | I also don't know if this helps, but (1) on my transcript it will read that I took the course twice, but different topics (2)I only need one more class to graduate and it is not the course that I am referencing here (3)it is not a part of my major, it relates to my minor, but I have fufilled the requirements for my minor so it is still an extra class, and (4) as an auditor I do all the work (tests and assignments) and come to every class because I want to learn, (5) my school will denote if I don't come to class or do not fufill the requirements set forth by the instructor. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 1:11 | history | edited | Bryan Krause♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 2, 2017 at 1:09 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @AnonymousPhysicist Those are some alternatives that haven't been relevant at institutions I have been at, thanks for the added perspective. I haven't heard of auditing ever being cheaper or free, certainly some instructors might allow an under-the-table audit but that wouldn't show up on a transcript in any way. In either case, I think my wording in the answer was unintentionally extreme, I may edit; I meant "suspicious" only in relation to other factors, like poor performance in other major-related courses - instead, I think it came off like it was a big deal. | |
| Feb 2, 2017 at 0:58 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | "I'd be suspicious of your aptitude and interest" I would assume the student audited because it was cheaper (maybe free) or because they had hit the cap on classes they could take for a grade. | |
| Jan 27, 2017 at 22:19 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @123mcm That will probably be for only you to decide, but I'd wait a bit and see if you get some better responses here. Obviously the best option would be for you to keep the course graded and put in the necessary effort to do well in it - if you aren't willing to make sacrifices like that to get into grad school, the actual experience of grad school is going to be quite a shock. | |
| Jan 27, 2017 at 21:15 | comment | added | young_alum | Ok. I somewhat fall into the second category which you have mentioned, the course is a graduate level biotechnology class and I am applying to biochemistry programs. Do you suggest that I keep the class graded although I may earn a lower grade? (Also I have taken two other graduate level classes in biochemistry and biotechnology and have done well in them, but I don't see that happening this time) | |
| Jan 27, 2017 at 19:35 | history | answered | Bryan Krause♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |