<p>LOL lolabelle I rip on Art History too but I have friends who say it’s really hard!</p>
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<li>I don’t know how it happened, but my GPA has gone UP every semester, and I’ve taken harder and harder classes, including EPIIC and at Fletcher. I think grade deflation/inflation will vary across classes, that it’s possible to choose a really rigorous or less challenging curriculum for oneself, but that most kids like to be stimulated and try to find engaging courses and professors.</li>
<li>Again, depends on the subject matter and professor. Some like to give you a lot of reading, lot of assignments. Others do two tests or papers per semester. Most people have enough time to get their work done, do some relaxation and also participate in stuff outside classes while getting good grades. But it also depends on personal capability - some kids will live in the library for weeks to write a paper, and still get a worse grade than the kid who wrote it 2 hours before it was due. I’ve had assignments that were annoying and others that were really captivating. But overall I’ve had a lot of exciting intellectual stimulation.</li>
<li>Registration? You usually get classes you want. Sometimes I don’t get into one I wanted. But it’s better than other places - I’ve posted before that my friend at UDel is told to send in his top 5 choices and the administration will try to accommodate him, and usually he’ll get 3. At Tufts at least when you’re registering in real-time and can see where spots are available you can weigh available options…and besides, lots of kids add/drop their way in anyway.</li>
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