college grades...

Mariogs379 · #1 07-29-2007, 03:32 PM

hey all,
i'm attending a top twenty liberal arts college this fall and am taking the following:
Calc 1 (not worried as I got a 5 on both Calc APs)
freshman english course
intro to philosophy
intro to psychology or ez math course or something else

1/3 of the students at my school have 3.5+
how hard would it be to get these kinda grades?

thanks in advance,
mario

Quicksilvre · #2 07-29-2007, 03:47 PM

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hey all,
i'm attending a top twenty liberal arts college this fall and am taking the following:
Calc 1 (not worried as I got a 5 on both Calc APs)
freshman english course
intro to philosophy
intro to psychology or ez math course or something else

1/3 of the students at my school have 3.5+
how hard would it be to get these kinda grades?

thanks in advance,
mario

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Not very, in all likelihood. I had a fairly similar first semester myself, though I had Comp Sci I instead of English and Intro to Economics instead of philosophy. I got a 3.6 (A A B+ B).

Best of luck to you.

Mariogs379 · #3 07-29-2007, 04:03 PM

do you think it's a waste to take calc one after getting two fives?

Quicksilvre · #4 07-29-2007, 04:04 PM

Is your college giving you credit for it?

If it is, yes. Otherwise, I see no reason not to take it.

Mariogs379 · #5 07-29-2007, 04:21 PM

no i can take w/e i want
suppose i wanna transfer
do you think it looks retarded then?

XXXNoahXXX · #6 07-29-2007, 04:32 PM

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no i can take w/e i want
suppose i wanna transfer
do you think it looks retarded then?

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likely they won't know or care.

Mariogs379 · #7 07-29-2007, 04:56 PM

they'll see my high school classes
don't worry about it?

Quicksilvre · #8 07-29-2007, 04:58 PM

If you're not getting credit for your APs, then it's only logical to take it.

lennytheduck · #9 07-29-2007, 05:07 PM

With those vanilla classes and the fact that you only have 4 there is no real reason why you shouldnt get good grades, maybe even great ones.

1. You're already very good at Calc (apparently).
2. Psych is a joke.
3. Freshman English is generally a joke but can be challenging (maybe take an Honors course?)
4. Intro to Philosophy can be very stimulating, but is also pretty easy. If you can create a coherent argument at all then you should be fine.

Mariogs379 · #10 07-29-2007, 05:10 PM

is psych always a joke?
i'm not worried about calc but am somewhat worried about psych...i'm not really interested in struggling with a class...