Should I drop these classes?
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:34 pm
Class #1:
Speech & Debate Team (1 unit)…Meets 3 times a week for an hour and forty-five minutes.
This "class" is very time consuming and I am signed up to take the LSAT this June. I am about half-way through the logic games bible and I am doing quite well. I believe that if I drop this class I will have more time to study but I do not know if it is worth getting rid of this "soft." Basically, should I keep this class and get an "A" as well as 1 unit, or should I drop it and just use the extra time to study for the LSAT.
Class #2:
French 201 (3 units)…My university requires foreign language proficiency of three semesters. This would be my final semester, however, I did not take french last semester so there is a significant gap and after just one class I am practically lost…I do know that LSAC does not take into account classes taken abroad into their GPA calculation so I am thinking about taking the course abroad in Paris over the summer. In this case, I would elect to take the class pass/no pass (if it is an option) or I would comfortably score a B (nothing lower than a C). Would this look bad or will it be the better route? I do not want my LSAC gpa to suffer because of a language course that many universities don't even require past high school!
If I do drop the french course, I will still have 16 units so I will still graduate on time, as it will be replaced with another course in which an "easy A" is highly probable.
TLDR:
1. Should I quit the speech team (1 unit, hour forty-five class, 3 times a week) to study for the LSAT that I am taking in June, or would having this "soft" be more beneficent?
2. Should I drop my last required french class to save my GPA and take it abroad over the summer so it will not factor into my LSAC calculation?
Advice is greatly appreciated!
Speech & Debate Team (1 unit)…Meets 3 times a week for an hour and forty-five minutes.
This "class" is very time consuming and I am signed up to take the LSAT this June. I am about half-way through the logic games bible and I am doing quite well. I believe that if I drop this class I will have more time to study but I do not know if it is worth getting rid of this "soft." Basically, should I keep this class and get an "A" as well as 1 unit, or should I drop it and just use the extra time to study for the LSAT.
Class #2:
French 201 (3 units)…My university requires foreign language proficiency of three semesters. This would be my final semester, however, I did not take french last semester so there is a significant gap and after just one class I am practically lost…I do know that LSAC does not take into account classes taken abroad into their GPA calculation so I am thinking about taking the course abroad in Paris over the summer. In this case, I would elect to take the class pass/no pass (if it is an option) or I would comfortably score a B (nothing lower than a C). Would this look bad or will it be the better route? I do not want my LSAC gpa to suffer because of a language course that many universities don't even require past high school!
If I do drop the french course, I will still have 16 units so I will still graduate on time, as it will be replaced with another course in which an "easy A" is highly probable.
TLDR:
1. Should I quit the speech team (1 unit, hour forty-five class, 3 times a week) to study for the LSAT that I am taking in June, or would having this "soft" be more beneficent?
2. Should I drop my last required french class to save my GPA and take it abroad over the summer so it will not factor into my LSAC calculation?
Advice is greatly appreciated!