High GPA- Easy classes VS Low GPA- Tough classes

sidthekid
Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:25:32 +0000

I am a sophomore at a liberal arts college and I am majoring in mathematical economics. I am about to complete my major and only have about 5 classes remaining. I was happy so far as I had a 3.6 cumulative GPA and a 3.9 major GPA. However, my last class in Number Theory ruined it for me. I got a C+ in the class. Now this is not a class for my major and the major GPA will remain 3.9. However, my cumulative GPA will now fall to about 3.4.

So here is my question- Provided that I am about to complete my major, should I just take easy classes and maintain my GPA or should I take classes that are hard and risk further hurting my GPA?? What looks better at the end of these four years: a 3.8 cumulative with easy classes or a 3.4 with really tough upper level math classes?