Graduate school applications and pass/fail credits during undergrad?

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I am a biology majour going into molecular biosciences for a PhD.

Believe me, I would rather people be blunt and prevent me from making a mistake before it is to late!

Come time for my application I should have 102 credits, if I do not count my subject GRE at all.

Now, I just went and looked at Excelsior's upper level bio classes, and their upper level courses all seem to be 3 credits. The lab they have seems to be offered separately, and is in conjunction with an introductory biology course.

https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_Coll...&LEVEL=L,U

I am getting 3 UL from my upcoming Humans in the Environment course through Park University. I cannot really get any more bio credits from Park, though, so if the GRE route will not work, I may have to go through EC.

If I have to, since I basically have an extra year I did not account for, I should be able to fit in more bio coursework, as long as I can find it all via online courses.

After my Humans in the Environment course, I will still need 7 LL and 15 UL.

I just talked to EC, and they say if I take the GRE, the transcripts will show up as Lump...however...any classes I have in actual Bio will push those credits out of the Bio Major. So the credits I do have from classes will show up as actual course credits.

Then, defendant upon what U o C says, if I take a few more actual courses (such as microbio for a LL and at least one more UL), hopefully I will be okay.

Though if I do not take the GRE, that leaves me with a free semester to finish up my LL requirements. Then I only need 12 UL credits (3-4 classes), and a year's worth of time to complete it. That is only a class per semester.

Okay, I can stop holding my breath and get out of panic mode now. It will be much more harmful on my pocketbook if I have to go that route, but it is still doable.