<p>So I’m sort of concerned about this, since I have a couple of courses where I used S/NS grading (satisfactory/not satisfactory). Usually people only select this option when they don’t think they’ll get a good grade in the course, and don’t want it to lower their GPA. Do schools do that? What if you have a course with a NS grade in it?</p>
<p>Depends on the course. If the NS is in a course in your intended field, that most likely will become an issue. Otherwise, it probably will be irrelevant.</p>
<p>Grad schools don’t care about S grades, nor will they assume that you received the lowest letter grade for which an S is still assigned.</p>
<p>A lot of times people use that for a class when they’re interested in it and want to learn a good deal of it, but just don’t have the time to commit to all the work required in not taking in pass/fail.</p>
<p>^Ah yes, that’s a very good idea.</p>
<p>I am not sure about the S/NS issue, but I have an unusual transcript and I know for a fact that my GPA was indeed recalculated at two schools according to their standards. I cannot blame them, as there are so many different grading schemes that it is often impossible to directly compare them.</p>
<p>Some schools recalculate, some schools don’t. It really depends on your field and the programs you’re applying to.</p>