<p>So I’m currently undergrad and wil be taking some easy classes to boost my gpa but am wondering is grad schools will even take these classes seriously. </p>
<p>Pretty much my theatre class and chinese class i’m taking will most likely get me As and those count for my graduation requirements. Do grad schools still count them into gpa calculation?</p>
<p>Thx</p>
<p>They’ll look at those for the administrative cut-off (initial screening of applications based on GPA+GRE alone)</p>
<p>Once you’re through that pile, the actual adcomm will look through your entire application and pay more attention to your last 2 year’s GPA and/or your major GPA. Although taking irrelevant courses won’t hurt you, it definitely won’t help your application. If there’s 1 last spot for a student, and it’s between you and someone who took more challenging courses (all else being equal), you’re going to be SOL.</p>
<p>Anyway, if you are looking into grad school, just know your attempts at boosting your GPA is going to be obviously noted.</p>
<p>But what about if you aren’t really sure what you want to major in, so you end up taking a bunch of random classes. I mean, graduate schools can’t expect you to know from the moment you step on campus exactly what you intend to study.</p>
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<p>They aren’t going to penalize you for taking irrelevant courses. But if your cumulative GPA is, say, 3.5, but your major GPA is 3.0, the 3.0 will overshadow your cumulative because you’re not proving to any adcomms that you are proficient in your respective field.</p>
<p>I didn’t mean to refute that part, but moreso, this one</p>
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<p>How can a graduate school weigh what exactly is a challenging course and what is not? For example, while a computer science course might be very challenging for some, an art class might be equally as challenging for others. It seems as though in your situations, some classes and majors are not being given their due.</p>
<p>Furthermore, I know that the IP said that he wanted to boost his gpa, but I’m just wondering how would a grad school differentiate between you taking classes you thought would be useful/fun, and you ‘boosting your gpa’?</p>
<p>I’m talking more along the lines of pertinent electives/grad seminars vs. lower div courses from irrelevant departments.</p>
<p>If you’re done with a major, for example, and you decide to take 2 last classes:</p>
<p>2 uppder-div electives from your department</p>
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<p>2 lower-div electives from other departments (namely softer sciences/arts/humanities)</p>
<p>Not that there’s anything inherently easier about those types of classes, but they have a fairly noticeable reputation in the US as being easier to get higher grades in vs, let’s say, hard sciences/engineering/etc.</p>