<p>How does the college that you want to trasnfer to KNOW if the class you took at the current college is EASY or HARD?</p>
<p>they see your transcript...they also see what courses are offered at your college. If honors is offered and you don't take it, that can be viewed as easier. If there are high level math and science courses and you are taking lower level easy courses, you will have a weaker courseload than competitors and thus they will weigh that. Colleges can usually tell by course names whether they are easy, average, or difficult.</p>
<p>honors != difficult</p>
<p>easy = professor....something like sociology 1 can be a really difficult if the prof. is a hardass</p>
<p>colleges have their own system... sry if i'm not much of a help :P</p>
<p>i understand</p>
<p>but i'm trying to pick the easiest classes (that i have interest in , and good profs, of course) to get a 4.0</p>
<p>where are you going right now and what classes were you looking at that you thought might be easy enough to get a 4.0...just by the title we could probably give you an idea as to whether they're going to be viewed as too easy. </p>
<p>The biggest thing is to not take a bunch of dance/health/whatever the hell else is offered that is clearly going to get you an A. You can take an average courseload, or you can do honors or take higher level courses early. A 4.0 isn't really everything...you may be able to hold a 4.0 with easier courses, but if someone gets a 3.7 with the most demanding courseload available, they'll probably win. </p>
<p>But if you can be like me and take the hardest courses and get a 4.0, then you'll be set. :) </p>
<p>^^^I'm sorry that was uncalled for. I'll probably get a B next semester now...and then I'll cry.</p>
<p>honors has nothing to do with being difficult haha</p>
<p>lol no not at my college...but colleges will generally think that a student taking honors is taking a more difficult courseload than one taking regular courses, so it's to one's advantage if they intend to transfer.</p>
<p>chanman, whether they are easy or hard, just take courses that are somewhat related to your intended major.</p>
<p>and within those courses, make half of them hard courses, and other half AVERAGE difficulty level courses.</p>
<p>But as brand_182 suggests, don't take too many unrelated courses like dance/healthy/whatever. Adcom can easily tell that they are just BS courses, and won' even look at them properly.</p>
<p>BTW, honors doesnt mean you have harder course. It just mean you've done some extra project/assignment in addition to the regular course works.</p>
<p>I think the best way anyone can advise you on the solidity of your course schedule is to know (1) your possible intended majors (2) the courses you plan to take this term.</p>
<p>As others have said, course names/levels often give the info. Not every course has Honors, etc., so it doesn't have to be Honors to be seens as "rigorous."</p>
<p>Sometimes the level of difficulty will depend on the quality of the teacher, difficulty of material as a particular teacher presents it. I don't think other schools have any way of knowing about that.</p>
<p>A course schedule that would look "rigorous"/"hard" for a Freshman hoping to transfer: Physics, Physics Seminar, Chem, Chem Lab, Calc II, Calc III, Comp Sci, English (Writing Intensive), Poli Sci (writing intensive), Music (instrument-2 credits over and above normal course load), Intro to Engineering.</p>
<p>A course schedule that might not look so rigorous: Math 1, Film Analysis, English (Writing Intensive), Exercise Science, etc. etc.</p>
<p>Now, either one of those schedules could have easy/tough-grading profs, but the "rigor" of the first schedule incorporating core courses for a tough major speaks out.</p>
<p>I'm taking:</p>
<ol>
<li>Econ 101 (4)</li>
<li>Calc II (4)</li>
<li>College Writing on Media (4) -It's a special course that only "honors writers" get take</li>
<li>Antropology 1 (4)</li>
<li>1 seminar on marketing <--i dono if this is necessary, I already have 16 hours</li>
</ol>
<p>See, I want "easy" classes to get a 4.0.....but also "LOOKS" hard so I can trasnfer to the top schools if I want to in the future.</p>
<p>(I want to transfer to Wharton...they require Calc II and Econ 101)</p>
<p>I think those are good classes. They also require a foreign language if you haven't taken one yet.</p>
<p>Colleges can find out what kind of classes you take through a transcript or something else. I suggest take hard classes that you are interested in rather then taking easy classes that you do not like.</p>
<p>chanman, what do you mean when you say '1 seminar on marketing'?</p>
<p>Isn't Wharton a graduate school?</p>
<p>it offers both undergraduate and graduate level programs.</p>
<p>I think that looks like a strong schedule. dhl3, Wharton can be grad or undergrad.</p>
<p>Chanman, </p>
<p>Are you in an Honors program? At my CCC, anyone can enroll in Honors courses. However, the Honors title is not included in your course transcipt for non-Honors program students.</p>
<p>i'm not in honors because i applied late ..after deadline (thats what they said...but i dont know)</p>
<p>anyways, i'm taking these gay classes:</p>
<ol>
<li>Econ Mico-4</li>
<li>Asian Studies-Modern China Seminar -3</li>
<li>Honors Photography Class-3</li>
<li>American Culture and Aids Seminar-3</li>
<li>Anthropology Intro-4</li>
</ol>
<p>one thing that i've noticed with my transcript is if you take 18 credits (just 3 more than a usual courseload) the transfer admission will really look highly on your performance. For this reason I'm attempting 21 this coming semester. Try to get an online or easy class.... just shoot for 18 credits, and do well.</p>