<p>So I'm currently preparing for some of the more attainable colleges for an econ PhD. However, I am debating on whether I can or cannot take courses such as Calculus III, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations for a credit/no credit option. Would that put me at a disadvantage, if I am able do to so? Or is that totally fine?</p>
<p>Seems a bit like a surgeon getting his credentials off a game of Operation, no?</p>
<p>My first thought when seeing the title of your thread was that it was going to be a long the line of can a 3.6 GPA get me into a decent PhD program. However, when seeing that you are worried about the grade you might get in those classes, i.e. pulling down your GPA, all I could do is shake my head. These are the types of classes someone who aspires to a PhD in econ should be using to increase one’s GPA. I don’t know if others had this experience, but I found Calc 2 much more difficult than Calc 3 and Diff Eq (which I actually found to be quite easy).</p>
<p>If I were looking at your application and saw you took those classes as credit/no credit, I would get that “huh?” look on my face and that ain’t good.</p>