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s midterm grades approach, and for freshmen at
Texas A&M fortunate enough to have their grades
sent home, it may be time to start lookms/or s^me.^
classes to register for in the spring?
hile some students may begrudge the tipi Gritty fbr
ng one of two universities left in tne natidn to require
r kinesiologies as part of its core requirements, some
dents may soon find these classes are more beneficial
n they thought. Kinesiology courses can be used to
e one’s grade-point ratio (GPR) and also work off the
shmen 15.”
Kaycee Moreland, a senior speech communication ma-
said even though her kinesiology class is at 8 a.m., the
ra grade points will be nice.
“I took internjj^t2 , fc^-»w44iiniing because 1 was a life-
ard this pqst summer, anoK(elt it would be an easy
fss,” Moreland said. “As a graduating senior, 1 took a ki-
Ssiology that would nor bef challenging for me because it
res me more titpe todmWentratelon the harder classes
my major.” J \ ^ «
While some,students may feel kinesiology classes are
t~tKn dem’gndingrf&r a bsie-hounxmrse, the option to change
gradfhg standard to pas^iail is available. J
“The o mv re a s o n. LhaTl w o u 1 d change my class tp fmss
fail, which wouTdiiot count on my GPR, would be if I
uldn’t get out of bed enough to attend my swim class at
a.m.,” Moreland said.
Besides kinesiology classes, students may opt to take
her electives to boost their GPRs, such as music classj
sket weaving, floral arranging or other classes.
Meredith McClung, a senior nutritional sciences ma-
— fjk said she took a music class because she was interest-
’ed in it, and it seemed like it would be a good break from
(tCT-'-vr* her core classes.
“i wasn’t expecting it to be hard. But I didn’t take the class
'?pecause I thought it would be easy, but because I found the
;subject matter interesting,”♦*McClung said. “It is nice to be
^.^eable to add cultural classes or electives into your schedule
^ t0 balance out your course load. When I was figuring out my
[schedule, I though it would be a good stress reliever.”
Another option for students to take advantage of, es
pecially during their years as an underclassmen, is the
two-hour course Center for Academic Enhancement 101,
Succeeding in College.
, /ulan Macias, a sophomore general studies major, said
it takes up a lot less time than other cqurses but is bene-
ffcial b^alisd it teaches students how to study.
5 ^Sdccet’dfnghn College is a sure ‘A’,” Macias said. “I
heard about the class from my adviser, who suggested it
to help get my GPR up. Hopefully after this semester I
won’t have to take electives to boost my GPR, because 1
haven’t heard about too many other courses that are sup
posed to be easy here.”
Matthew McWilliams, a junior finance major, said he ad
vises students to ask people who have been here for awhile
about classes are easy because they have more experience.
“My brother was a senior when 1 was an incoming
freshman here, and he told me what to take,” McWilliams
said. “He told me not to take chemistry, but to take geol
ogy, which is ‘rocks for jocks.’ I also took Management
105[Introduction to Business] because I was told it was nop
much work, itwas fun and it would boost my GPR, too.”
.Micha^pCmebray, a senior education major, said
MGiMa^tOS was a fun and easy class.
Tt was a really easy ‘A,’” Ghebray said. “The tests were
pretty^ direct and wergjswsically over definitions.”
Ghebray saklTre^ecommends taking easy ‘A’ classes
although hj^^tfoes not know too many of them.
“iGk5u are ever in doubt, just go to Blinn,” he said,
nything is easier there.”
McWilliams said it is good to take a class that does not
relate to one’s major every semester to prevent burnout and
hopefully find an easy class to take.
“I took Anthropology 351 [Classical Anthropology] as
an elective, and it turned out to be very easy,” McWilliams
said. “All we had for that class was a course packet. It had
all the class notes and old exams. The tests were just the
old tests rearranged.”
McWilliams said students have to search for the easy
classes, but they are there.
If students are lucky enough to find an easy professor,
McWilliams suggests they keep taking him or her until
they run out of his classes.
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