Hard classes vs. good grades

lalalemma
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:59:10 +0000

@bodangles haha yeah. I’m not really aiming for Harvard or state schools though. Somewhere in between.

But the main reason I’m asking this question is that I’ve been taking extended honors math since 8th grade, and while it’s been challenging, I’ve always managed to maintain an A-/B+ average, which I was okay with since all of my other grades were higher and it is and extended honors class. But this year there’s definitely been a shift to B range grades, and I’m wondering if it would be better for me to move to the easier class (which they still call “honors” lml) for my junior year, where I’d almost definitely get better grades. The tradeoff would be that the teachers are not as good, the students are way less interested in math and can be kind of disruptive, and that it might look to colleges like I gave up on extended honors math and decided to stop challenging myself or something. So I’m confused.