@mathyone , your absolutely correct about the class choice. The reasoning behind it is very petty but it is just to get my GPA up after first semester. I honestly would rather be in some kinda of aerospace class (AP Physics is very poorly taught here otherwise I would) which is actually offered. Human Geo is something I am interested in as the class is pretty interesting though I am not sure what kind of job I could get from that. I do have space in the schedule so I might take a class at the local community college or GMU for Economics, not sure though. I actually may take aerospace science based on interest because it would be a fun and interesting class, despite the lack of grade “fluff.” I probably won’t apply to JH because I am not sure about the bio field but I am doing an work at a biotech startup in Washington D.C. so some experience there should help. Really appreciate the response… my class choice is very dumb to be honest but in an effort to boost my GPA to fix the one thing holding back my application. Do you think the class choice is looked at favorably over GPA?? not really sure about that.
@intparent , yeah the 3-2 thing sounds really pointless to me… Going to a cheaper school for undergrad in hopes of going to grad school for law or something would be a great idea but not sure if its something I will do but Economic Law is very interesting and just something I have not had experience with. The same goes for the medical field. Not really interested in being a doctor rather a Public Health/Medical Law/Bio Technology major… very confusing I know…
@ucbalumnus , it is for the each of us but I look favorably upon any money that schools do give me as it puts less constraint financially on my parents and they could retire sooner and it gives my sister some options in terms of pricey schools and grad stuff if she chooses that route. Again, with a spiraling economy and student debt getting crazy, it is probably better to not go to schools where the tuition is 50k+ a year and to schools that are relatively cheaper and more geographically enticing. The financial viewpoint is very interesting and it did make my dad check my college savings portfolio and with some of my college money invested… very troubling thought that money automatically invests in conservative bonds if a certain threshold of loss occurs.
Really appreciate the comments guys… As a follow up in addition to my other two questions, do you think class choice and the ability to keep steady grades is looked favorably versus taking somewhat easier classes and having a high GPA (a situation common with my school as many students just cop out and take easy classes. In that respect, the rankings which we haven’t gotten yet, are really dumb.)? I take the hardest class configuration of any other student in my grade but I get okay grades rather than like straight A’s… just a thought…