Grades - How much do you worry about them?

[vpassenheim]

I've had an obsession with getting A's. I had one truly horrible semester around 2001 or so where I got all C's. Basically, took too many classes, worked two jobs and needed eye surgery and classes had labs that required microscope use. It was just awful. 
So, despite getting A's in pretty much everything since, I still only have about a 3.5 GPA. 

But, I had a realization that at this point it probably doesn't matter right? No program I'm likely to take at this point is particularly competitive. I mean, I wouldn't really want a bunch of C's, but, if I just stay north of a 3.0 I'm likely fine right? It doesn't look like much of anything requires more than a 3.0 except like medical school or something. 

I'm sitting here panicking about taking the American Government final even though I have a 98% in the rest of the class.. lol I only need to get 43 questions out of 60 correct to get an A and even if I missed all but two questions I would still pass. But, still with the stupid anxiety about it. 

Do the classes from Straighterline and Study.com even count for a grade or does it just show up as pass/fail? 

It looks like now I will be attending WGU if that makes any difference. I found a couple threads where people indicated that grades showed up when they transferred credits to COSC. 

Goodness I would LOVE not to worry about grades for awhile.

I always aim for an A when I take classes that give me a grade, but with pass/fail exams like CLEP, I aimed for a pass.  I have a very high GPA, and anything that would +/- my GPA for sure gets a lot of attention.... but that's just how I tick, there isn't any real reason for it.  No one cares or asks me my GPA lol.
BUT... it's not stressful for me.  I enjoy it, so it's not "work" to get those results.
It's not stressful for me to put in 6 hours on a paper to aim for an A but it's pure torture to get out and exercise for 30 minutes - ha ha.  I also enjoy certain types of volunteer work. I can easily dedicate 25 hours per week.  Again, not stressful.
My #2 son works like crazy- has since high school.  Sometimes 7 days a week for 10-12 hours per day.  If he's off more than a couple days per month he's a bear to deal with and his employer loves him- thinks he's the best worker they have. OTOH, he's a solid C+ student.  He has enough A's and B's to keep his GPA above a 3.0 but just barely.  For him, his degree is checking the box so he can get back to his "real life" at work.
I think my point is that we are all motivated to give our best to different things, don't beat yourself up for preferring one over the other.

If you're attending Charter Oak, then the courses at SL and Study *can* be graded (or not- it's an option) but for the pass/fail classes, they have zero impact on your GPA.  Based on your post, my suggestion is to use your stress-energy on the ones that give a grade, and let the others just roll through as pass/fail.

I always shoot for an A, as well, and was bummed to find out that all of my SDC LL classes, for which I had 'A's, only came through as 'P' at COSC, while all of my classes from SL and Davar came in as letter grades. I still have 2 UL classes at SDC that I'm completing. I'm hoping they don't have the same grade policy on those.

Also, I'll be requesting an SDC transcript (versus just sending my ACE transcript directly to them) to be sent to them directly hoping that makes a difference on how the grades are recorded with COSC.

I'll keep you all apprised.