How many easy classes to take?

[RuralPhysician8]

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So, as a freshman I of course have a ton of electives that are relatively interesting but only meet once a week and appear to be basic "show up, do the work, you pass" one credit hour courses. Obviously I am going to use these to pad my GPA before I engage in the harder sciences, but is there a limit to how many I should take? At what point will I be taking too many "BS" classes? Currently, I plan on taking 3-4 this year and probably none later on.

 

[GypsyHummus]

So, as a freshman I of course have a ton of electives that are relatively interesting but only meet once a week and appear to be basic "show up, do the work, you pass" one credit hour courses. Obviously I am going to use these to pad my GPA before I engage in the harder sciences, but is there a limit to how many I should take? At what point will I be taking too many "BS" classes? Currently, I plan on taking 3-4 this year and probably none later on.

my major (non science) had a ton of 1 credit hour classes we had to take. They were very BS. I think what matters most is the credit hours over all per semester

 

[RuralPhysician8]

my major (non science) had a ton of 1 credit hour classes we had to take. They were very BS. I think what matters most is the credit hours over all per semester

Thanks, my advisor had something similar; however, he also told me to take calculus based physics (lol).

 

[Nissan GTR]

Hopefully it's not viewed upon too negatively. I took 1-2 each year. (quarter system)