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Originally posted by igottaknow to discover the dragons are really windmills.

Fail.

I should have changed the title of this thread long ago.

Got a question....

I've got to select my modules for next year. Now I never been good at exams and my coursework is always near perfect. I can choose a subject which has more relevance with what I want to go into in future...but it is 50/50 coursework/exam. Or I can choose a module that is 100% coursework which is not really relevant to what I want to do in future...but it does mean i'd get a higher overall grade.

Should I take the easy road?

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Originally posted by Jackson Got a question.... I've got to select my modules for next year. Now I never been good at exams and my coursework is always near perfect. I can choose a subject which has more relevance with what I want to go into in future...but it is 50/50 coursework/exam. Or I can choose a module that is 100% coursework which is not really relevant to what I want to do in future...but it does mean i'd get a higher overall grade. Should I take the easy road?

I haven't been asked for my grades a single time. Do what interests you and what you enjoy, unless there's a concrete reason why a slightly better grade would make a huge difference.

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Originally posted by Jackson Got a question.... I've got to select my modules for next year. Now I never been good at exams and my coursework is always near perfect. I can choose a subject which has more relevance with what I want to go into in future...but it is 50/50 coursework/exam. Or I can choose a module that is 100% coursework which is not really relevant to what I want to do in future...but it does mean i'd get a higher overall grade. Should I take the easy road?

only if you need to raise your gpa for a particular reason. for example some companies will only interview candidates above a certain level and schools offering high degree programs will only admit applicants with x gpa or higher.

You're really asking other people if you should take the easy road?

I'm aiming for a 1st and want to go on to PhD, so getting the highest overall degree grade would definately help for further education.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On You're really asking other people if you should take the easy road?

It's the easy road towards the easy road.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On You're really asking other people if you should take the easy road?

Pretty much, yeah. I mean its still marine biology based...But the easier course is 'Fisheries management', whereas the harder one is 'Threats and remedies to marine environments'.

I have no interest of going into fishery based work...but the higher average I would get would enable me more options in further education.

So it is the easy road...but not because i'm slacking, just because I do crap in exams.

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Originally posted by Jackson I'm aiming for a 1st and want to go on to PhD, so getting the highest overall degree grade would definately help for further education.

Again, unless there's a certain requirement where a slightly better grade makes a huge difference (an not just better is better) then do what you enjoy. I consider getting a PhD mainly a matter of developing character (I'm an engineer, maybe things are different in what you study and / or your country) and not taking the easy road but facing obstacles is what character is about. In order words, stop being a whiny pussy and show some integrity or you don't deserve that PhD one bit.

Take the courses that are relevant to your degree. You may not obtain as high a GPA, but I think it comes across as far more focused/driven to tell an employer "Well, I didn't earn as high of marks as I would have liked, but I feel better prepared having chosen appropriate supplements to my education" as opposed to "Well the courses I took have nothing to do with my degree, but I got good marks in them!"

I mean, what good is an A if it won't help you to succeed in your field?

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Originally posted by Jackson I'm aiming for a 1st and want to go on to PhD, so getting the highest overall degree grade would definately help for further education.

No one cares about anything but your terminal degree, so just take whatever class will give you the best chance at getting into the best PhD program.

Anything else is for failures or hippies. Probably both.

It sounds as though you've resigned yourself to the assumption that you will do much better in a class given the coursework synopsis. I of course cannot in good conscience advise you or anyone else seriously in matters of education without being an immense hypocrite, as my college degree is both minuscule and dusty, but I think you should definitely go for what interests you the most, even if it rouses some measure of fear in you.

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