Smart Or Dummm? Choosing College Classes?
Feb.06, 2010 in
College Selection
I was wondering if I should use my college credits from high in undergrad. If I do, I could probably take some cooler classes but much harder. If I don’t use my credits then I can take classes that will help keep my GPA higher (which will help me get into a great law school). Also, for my engineering major, I only need 2 English classes so if I use my credits it may hurt me when I get into law school by not having a english class for at least 4 years.
what should I do?
February 6th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Use your high school credits and then take classes that are more interesting or will teach you more about engineering. It is better to learn more than to retake gen. ed. classes about things you already know. Keep your GPA up by studying, not taking useless classes.
If you think it will hurt you to not have 4 semesters of English, universities offer TONS of English classes that you can take not including English Lit and English Language.
February 7th, 2010 at 1:15 am
Intro classes aren’t ‘dumb’, and many advanced classes require that you take the intro classes as pre-requisites. I know quantum mechanics sounds like fun, but without three semesters of calculus and 2 years of physics, it’s not going to make any sense.
EDIT: Oh, ok. Yes, use the AP credits to skip if you can. Many of the more prestigious colleges won’t let you actually use them as credits (you don’t get college credit for them) but you can use them to place out of the intro courses. That’s how I got to skip English 101 and take an advanced Comp Lit course instead. And didn’t get a great grade in it. But it was a lot more fun.
February 7th, 2010 at 5:02 am
Are they accepted? I would say go for it if they are core classes. If they in any way fulfill your degree requirements–if they are related to engineering–I would definitely not skip them. But honestly, if you can afford it, I would take the classes anyways. Because they aren’t all that bad, and you might learn something useful.