<p>Hey guys, I'm taking Econ 101 this semester with Malone. I enrolled in this class during orientation thinking I may be interested in business or econ as a major. Now I realize I'm definitely not interested in working with numbers, but since the class is mildly interesting to me, I figure I'll stay in it. Would it look really bad if I took it pass/fail? There's no way I could get an A, and at best I'd be looking at a B. My other classes are interesting and more geared toward my intended major (philosophy, sociology, maybe english), so pretty much econ would hurt my gpa for no reason. Thoughts?</p>
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<li><p>keep in mind that the drop/add deadline is the 22nd, so you can drop it if you want. if econ is mildly interesting to you, you can drop the class, add something else, and read an econ book at the library.</p></li>
<li><p>in my opinion, if you are majoring in phil/soc/eng, it wouldn't look 'bad' if you took it pass/fail (unless you failed). in fact, it would look good that you took a class much different than your major. keep in mind that you need above a C- to pass.</p></li>
<li><p>i assume you are a freshman. it's kind of important to do well your first term and get used to college, study habits, blah blah blah. that's hard to do if you're stuck in a class you don't enjoy and are doing poorly in. this isn't high school, and aside from the general requirements, you shouldn't have to take any classes you don't want to.</p></li>
<li><p>i doubt it would look 'bad' if you took one class pass/fail your first semester as a freshman. however, i am not an academic adviser, an employer, or on a grad school admissions committee. so, ask your adviser about it. that's their job.</p></li>
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<p>good luck with whatever you end up doing.</p>
<p>You said it yourself: econ would hurt your GPA for no reason. You basically have four options: keep the class and have it graded, drop the class and take something else, drop it and don't take something else, or take it pass/fail.</p>
<p>Obviously, keeping the class and getting a grade is not the best option.</p>
<p>I also wouldn't advise dropping it with the intent of adding another class. It is already three weeks into the semester, so most other classes have already probably covered a significant amount of material. Of course, this is entirely class-dependent, and if you can find a class that you are absolutely sure you can easily catch up in, that may be a different story.</p>
<p>You can drop it and not add something else, but that would just be a waste of time in my opinion.</p>
<p>Taking it pass/fail is definitely your best option. I am not in LS&A, but I believe that it would still fulfill the QR/2 and SS requirements because it is not a class you are taking for your concentration. You would also not have to worry about the grade affecting your GPA. P/F only looks bad in two situations: if you fail the class or if you take too many classes P/F. Thus, keep in mind that this should be one of the few, if not the only, class you should take pass/fail. As long as you don't make this a habit, no one, be it law, medicine, graduate, or any other school or employer, is going to care that you took an econ class pass/fail your freshman year.</p>