I’m currently a chem (maybe biochem?) major in my first-year planning to either apply for med school or get into finance or consulting. As such, I would like to keep my GPA as high as possible. What are some classes that are both easy A’s and interesting? I’ve gotten some insight from my fellow classmates, but I just want some more perspectives here.
Some insights I’ve gotten:
-Social Sciences Inquiry (good for students who are more into math/stats than philosophical stuff)
-Spanish 100’s-200’s (I’m borderline fluent in Spanish)
-Music Theory Classes (I’ve always been very passionate about playing my instrument and have played in many ensembles since middle schools, so maybe the fact that I’m legitimately interested will motivate me to work hard?)
-Stat 200
-Any geography classes
Also, don’t troll me with Math 207-208-209 (honors analysis) or any other obviously hard classes since I can look up your bullsheet through the college catalog and course evals.
Honestly you might not like my answer, but if you were my son or daughter, I would tell you that you are asking the wrong question. Ask, instead, who are the most amazing professors out there – the truly inspiring ones who have a passion for their field and a gift for inspiring young minds. Then eat those classes up. What an opportunity you have and you are going to pick classes for the sake of your GPA? I get the med school pressure, but if you are also looking at finance/consulting, then it seems to me that you don’t really know what you want yet and could benefit from more exploration with and inspiration from the most amazing profs UofC has to offer. You worked so hard for this opportunity to be at such a fantastic school. Find the very best professors, take their courses and explore your intellectual horizons. Not only will the best professors inspire you to do your best, but paradoxically, fall in love with learning and the good grades will follow.
bradybest - You could take some extra bio-topics classes. Those are easy in pretty much every sense I can think of, but biology majors aren’t allowed to take them. I’m not sure if that rule applies to biochemistry majors. You could also take some physical science (not physics) classes or lower-level stats classes (222, 224, 226, etc.). The latter have lots of homework but aren’t conceptually difficult if you have a strong quantitative background.
ttm321 - I think your post is well written and reflects my own experiences. At the same time, I don’t think I would have believed it had I not come to the same conclusions for myself. That might be true of most advice haha…