<p>Is it really bad to get C's and B's in stupid classes like mandatory religious classes (at christian/jewish schools) or health or whatever? </p>
<p>Do you think that if someone has an A/A- average in the main (real) subjects, it'll matter that their gpa is significantly lower in classes that supposedly do count? Like, do they count? If so, how much?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>If they're stupid, why should you get a C? </p>
<p>Colleges might view a C in an elective as your not taking those classes seriously, which is, needless to say, not good.</p>
<p>I'm not taking those classes seriously, but they're classes that don't really count (or aren't supposed to) that give a ton of work.</p>
<p>If I tried and got A's in those classes, then I wouldn't get A's in my regular ones.</p>
<p>i have the same question because i work really hard in art, and produce some nice things but i only got an 85. Will colleges view this as slacking?</p>
<p>I've been told that many colleges don't include electives like art (unless its advanced, or you're going to major in it) when re-calculating GPAs. </p>
<p>One college I applied to had a requirement that you had to take a certain number of electives though, so they might take into consideration those grades from them.</p>
<p>I'm guessing it varies from college to college.</p>
<p>they will c everything..but idk about the religion aspects..u might wanna ask ur guidance counselors or call the college ur looking at and ask them</p>
<p>Yeah, because I have 5 extra religion classes, and I know they're not important, but they're still a ton of work because our teachers have this skewed perspective on things... each of them think that their subject is the most important one, so if they give us a lot of work, it's okay because it's in the most important subject (according to their logic)...</p>
<p>Guess what! they COUNT!</p>
<p>The only thing that doesn't matter, I think, is gym (in which I have like a C-)...</p>
<p>Perhaps your religious thinking is evolving in a way that your religious teachers find "controversial" and you're torn between being honest with yourself or "toeing the line" to get a grade. Maybe you're taking the high road hence the low grades. Sounds like a potentially good essay topic and a pretty healthy position. Be who you are not what someone else wants you to be.</p>
<p>i know art counts (its required art btw, one semester) but will colleges really take it into consideration, all my other classes are like 90's.</p>
<p>what vin2l said. very good essay topic</p>
<p>I hope I have better things to write about than that... lol but it could be a topic. Thanks! </p>
<p>It's not so much taking the high road, though, as it is focusing on the regular subjects.</p>
<p>You say tomAYto I say tomAHto. I say it IS the high road. Your religious teachers disagree. Who gets to decide :-)</p>