<p>I want to minor in English because I enjoy it and also to balance out my more quantitative major. However, the career I want after graduation is very numbers based (huge emphasis on GPA) so I would not want my English classes to lower that.</p>
<p>Any thoughts? Are the English classes hard to get A's in? If it helps, I got a 780 on the CR section on the SAT and am a native English speaker.</p>
<p>I think that if you love to write and you have a natural ability an English minor would be fine. I would use the professor ratings site to weed out instructors who may be impossible to please. My kids have found it quite useful and fairly accurate in a broad sense.</p>
<p>Hi merryhappy, </p>
<p>I am a former English major and I thought the classes were fine. As rualum mentioned, it really depends on your professor. I would advise you not to take more than three English classes per semester. The reason for this is that most English classes require a lot of intensive reading. In one class my junior year, we read one novel per week - of course, this was an exception. However, combined with my other readings, I found that taking more than three English classes per semester was very taxing. Then again, it depends on what type of reader you are. You’ll also have to remember a lot of passages and quotations for exams, and - this goes without saying - write at least two to three essays maybe every two weeks. Either that, or do some sort of weekly reading assignments. You seem like you’re well-versed in critical reading so I think you should be okay. </p>
<p>Above all, I really enjoyed taking English classes. I read some great works which I would never have looked up on my own. </p>
<p>Plus, the people you meet in these classes are extremely unique and fun! ;)</p>
<p>Hope this was helpful! </p>
<p>Rugved Deshpande
Admissions Associate
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Rutgers, The State University of NJ. </p>