"The classes make a big difference in study time required" I personally just take whatever depending on whether or not the class is interesting to me or not, b

"The classes make a big difference in study time required" I personally just take whatever depending on whether or not the class is interesting to me or not, but a lot of students will take courses based on the easiness rating on sites like Rate My Professor. It is entirely possible today with sites such as that to cherry pick an absurdly easy course load. "Also, in my experience going for a 4.0 is much more difficult than a 3.0" I completely agree. To get a 3.0 for most majors you simply have to show up to class and tests and complete all of the assignments. Thats it. The problem is that 3.0 is the new average. This isn't how grades should work. Average students should get 2.0 GPAs. I think the average GPA at my school is about 2.9. Obviously, this is from GPA inflation. I agree though that getting a 4.0 is still very difficult and impressive. I just can't motivate myself to try and get one because I don't find my major terribly useful, nor do I think GPA really matters for me. Besides I would have to soak at 5x as many hours into studying...