By Natalie Colby, News Writer

March 20, 2020

  Today, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dan Reed announced a change to the grading system for students at the University of Utah to students through their Umail. Starting March 23, students will have the opportunity to choose whether they want each of their classes to be pass/fail or to get a traditional letter grade, and they have until April 10 to make this decision. If a student chooses to convert their classes into credit or no credit classes, it will not contribute to the 15 allowed credit, no-credit courses the U allows for undergrad.  Additionally, students have the opportunity to withdraw from classes before that date without penalty. If this option is chosen, however, there will be no tuition refunds.  In a video announcing the change, Reed suggested that students seek guidance from an advisor about whether the choice is right for each particular...