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Can you not get good grades on a major that interests you?
You don't necessary have to go out of your way to place yourself in classes that are "easy" but not worth your while; just choose your professors wisely and study more if you struggle.

1. go on ratemyprofessor
2. avoid classes with sad face
3. profit

No class is easy, but many lower division classes offer so much extra credit opportunities if you take advantage of them you can get a 4.0 and so my dilemma was guaranteed 4.0 in an easy class vs. harder upper division class in my major.



For my information I am getting a BA in Economics at the University of Washington.


My current uGPA is 3.55 and I know I can boost it up with some of the easier "fluff" class vs. harder classes.


The harder classes would not be more practical in life or anything, just a higher division class with a lower GPA vs a lower division class with a higher GPA.



But from my consensus it is definitely worth the lower division classes where I know I can do well.

If you want to be a better/smarter OVERALL person, then you should choose a major that excites you (if you can find one) and just do the best you can, regardless of grades. If you have the grades for a good LS, then go down that road. On the other hand, if the only reason you are doing UG is to get to LS, then be a communications major and take "intro to dance" for your elective.

Liberal arts majors tend to be easier - I did poli sci and econ and the econ hurt my GPA far more than the poli sci. But, I also LOVED poli sci. I think you tend to like things you're better at anyway - if you do physics and get destroyed by the classes, you're not likely to *love* physics. So try to combine something you enjoy and are also good at. And within a major, you can choose the easiest classes too. Once you take a class w/ one professor and do well, try to take more classes w/ the same prof - good for recommendations, and you also know what you're getting into & what the difficulty of the class will be.

freestallion wrote:Liberal arts majors tend to be easier - I did poli sci and econ and the econ hurt my GPA far more than the poli sci.

Economics is also considered a liberal arts major, FYI

FantasticMrFox wrote:

freestallion wrote:Liberal arts majors tend to be easier - I did poli sci and econ and the econ hurt my GPA far more than the poli sci.

Economics is also considered a liberal arts major, FYI

Depends on the school. At my school we offer a liberal arts degree in econ and business degree in econ