Is it worth my time?

pmd2114
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:33:20 +0000

Well, if I take a year off, then don’t I actually have all 3 semesters to make my GPA much better? I actually just received an A+ (4.33) this morning, which should pull up my GPA significantly the next time my cumulative is refreshed…

Since I’m already done with my Econ-Math major, would it be better for me to just take the most ridiculously easy classes and try to get A+'s for the rest of my stay at Columbia or should I continue with challenging courses and get A-'s/B+'s? (The problem is that a lot of the challenging classes have STRICT bell curves, making solid A’s very difficult. To get an A instead of an A-, you would have to dedicate an extra ~10 hours weekly per class which, frankly, I don’t have the time for. Also, an A on the final is a must, which means no life for 3 weeks before finals–I actually stayed in my room for 9 days without leaving once. But the easier classes require almost no work except during mid-term/term paper/finals time and the A is much more easily attainable. Since law schools don’t discriminate between the classes, wouldn’t it be better for me to take the easy classes? But I don’t think I could live with myself if I settled for that since I AM taking out heavy loans and should take advantage of the education instead of just taking the easy road. Maybe I just need to find a good balance…)

Sorry about that incredibly long and unnecessary tangent--------------catharsis.