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Jess

What are the advantages/disadvantages of taking more rigorous courses in college?

Hello, I’ll be entering college next year as a freshman and I am currently registering for courses. Yet, I have no idea if the more challenging courses I choose to take will have any positve impact on my future endeavors (graduate school and/or work force). So, what I’m asking is should I take easier courses to fulfill requirements so that I can get a better GPA or will taking more challenging courses help me somehow?

For example, I can take now Calculus I, II, III, or linear algebra. I only need to satisfy 1 semester of math that can be satisfied by any of these courses. I’m thinking of taking Calc I for the easier ‘A’ but please let me know if taking a higher level course would somehow help. Thank you!

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It depends upon what you want to do with your life.

If you plan to go to grad school for math (or for anything in the sciences, or to med school or to pharmacy school), then you should certainly take the most challenging math courses possible. Graduate admissions committees will look specifically for this. If you do not plan math or science as a career, then take an easier math course. But if you plan graduate study in another area, you should definitely take the most challenging courses in that area.

As you look at the course catalogue, you will notice that many upper-level courses have prerequisites. If you think you will want to take those upper-level courses in future years, make sure you take the prerequisite courses early.

Best wishes to you!

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Crystal
Well, what do you want to do with your life? Your courses should help prepare you for your dream job, or inspire you to learn new things, or open doors to knowledge you never knew existed. Don’t overload on all tough courses in one semester, but stretch a bit out of your comfort zone. Someome taking only easy classes isn’t doing anything but wasting time.
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Anonymous
your freshman year you should take an easier course load. That is usually a hard year because it is an adjustment year. Ask around your campus use facebook even and ask what are cupcake classes. Take 2 harder classes and and 3 cake classes.
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