<p>How do weeder classes work? People get Cs (I presume some people must anyway!). So they pass, but not well. Chemistry is tough, so maybe some people do fail Chem classes. SEAS is also tough. Well, tough is probably not the right word - they don’t have the same rampant grade inflation that the College does. I, however, tend more towards the “wussy” end of the science spectrum, where if you get a B, well, you aint doing so good.
Foreign languages…I took Kiswahili and found it really easy to get decent grades, but I’m generally good at languages. For College kids, you have to complete Intermediate classes in a language. If you start from scratch that’s 4 CU’s, which you can do over four semesters or (for some languages) you can take accelerated classes and do it in two or three. Many of the more common languages will have placement tests for people who took them in high school, so you can place into higher classes or test out of the requirement completely. You can also place out using SAT II and AP scores (or you used to be able to.)</p>