Should You Settle For Easy Classes?

As you wrap up one college semester and start preparing for the next, you need to think about your college classes for the second semester. You also need to go through the hassle of registering for those classes. As you’re preparing for the next semester and thinking about what classes to take, you may have a moment of exhaustion where you think about just taking an easy class to get an easy A. While this may sound great in the moment, it may actually hurt you in the long term.

If you’re finishing up your first semester, you’re especially going to be thinking about taking those easy classes. You may have been a little overwhelmed in your first semester after all, and want to make it easier on yourself. The truth? College is hard. It’s harder than High School, and your professors don’t have the same policies or teach the same as your teachers in High School did. It can be quite a shock and overwhelming at first. As you go through college, you’ll find the studying strategies that work for you and get into a routine. At first though? You’ll struggle. Everyone is overwhelmed at first. You don’t want to jump to easy classes and take easy classes throughout college because it was difficult getting used to college. If you’re truly having trouble with a concept or class, that’s what your Professor’s office hours and tutors are for. 

So what’s the problem with those easy A classes? It’s simply that they’re easy. You can become used to taking the easy classes and then when you have to take a moderately tougher class, it’s going to be all that much harder. The other part of it? You won’t grow as a person and develop your knowledge and major. Don’t get stuck into a safe zone where you take only easy classes or fill your electives only with classes from your major. Keep in mind, your major is going to be used for your career after college. Make sure you challenge yourself a little bit to make you and your major valuable to your future employer. Plus, when you challenge yourself and do well, you’ll feel quite accomplished.