<p>What is everyones opinions of this? I want to get into proofs and the grad classes at my school make you do them. Some classes the grades are based solely on proofs to questions you get the first day.
The drawback I see is that I am paying $$ for undergrad and most times grad school is free if they are a TA. Is it worthwhile to do the undergrad and graduate quicker and then go to grad school.</p>
<p>I think it's a good way to see if you really want to do graduate studies (in many disciplines the format is quite different within graduate vs. undergraduate classes) , as well as a great way to study a specific topics that interests you. One great benefit is that you get to know a professor better (which can help in many ways, such as yielding a more helpful letter of rec). It shows an advanced level of skill and a strong desire for further study.</p>
<p>I agree with DRab -- taking grad classes can be a great thing.</p>
<p>At my undergrad school, grad classes could count as electives toward an undergraduate degree. Is this not the case at your school, mattd?</p>
<p>I think that I can count grad classes as undergrad credit, but only 3 of them and I may need to make a petititon. My school pretty much has a lot of the upper level undergrad classes as a 1-1 correspondence with grad classes. I dont like undergrad classes because it seems once we learn the basics the class is over and we never get to go into specific stuff deep enough. I was thinking about taking algebra (grad) over the two undergrad classes, Groups, and then Rings and Fields. The grad covers both the undergrads and then some more topics.
It is also at a much better time for me, because I end up working during the day, and grad classes are at night at my school. I have a few days before I pick my classes so Ill probably go talk to some grad kids in the next few days.</p>