A student's new year

A new year, and soon a new semester.  As you're choosing classes,  you're probably most concerned with filling requirements, or worse yet, maybe you're just trying to find classes that meet at convenient times for you.  What a shame.  You probably work, and you want some balance in your life, but school has to be your top priority.  So choose classes the right way, and that right way is to take the best instructor you can.  If you remember nothing else, remember that the professor is more important than the subject of the course.  I guarantee that you'll never regret choosing a course on the basis of the quality of the professor, and by quality I'm not talking about how easy the course is, how high the grades are, or how many hot peppers are by his/her name.  You want the path of least resistance, fine, pay your money and waste your time.  It's your life.

You know what I mean by quality.  Choosing the best is especially important for your electives, as you probably have more chances to take the best.  Electives aren't opportunities to bump your GPA with bunnies like nutrition and film studies.  They're a chance to take the best professors at the college.  You will actually get more from a great professor in a subject you thought you had little interest in than a fair professor in a subject you love.  It doesn't matter what the subject is; it will be the subject you will always remember.