I'm just curious if I attend Mac and take summer school either at mac or a different school would it count towards my gpa, because I heard you just get the credit for the course if you do it in summer school (essentially it is pass or fail) is this true?

Originally Posted by stja1

I'm just curious if I attend Mac and take summer school either at mac or a different school would it count towards my gpa, because I heard you just get the credit for the course if you do it in summer school (essentially it is pass or fail) is this true?

if you take summer school at a school other than mac, the mark will be pass/fail and not be included in your mac gpa. however, the actual grade you earned may still be assessed for graduate studies etc.

If you take the summer course at McMaster, it counts towards your cumulative average. Some graduate schools don't look at summer courses when considering your grades, but that depends on what you want to do/where you want to go.It definitely counts towards your average. If you choose to take a course at another University, you will not get a grade, you will get a T: on your degree audit (meaning transfer credit). I believe it's a C that you have to get at the other university to get the transfer credit but I am not completely sure. You may also have to get permission from your faculty to take the course at another university and have it count.