Thanks for your response! It's certainly not the quantitative aspect of econ that is giving me trouble, but more so the grading style of my professor. My GPA is good (3.9+). The problem, however, is that I don't want this econ class to negatively affect my GPA. I'd like to pass-fail the class (I'll surely "pass"), but I don't know if not having a definite grade (especially a B or better) would hurt me in regards to admissions to comparative politics Ph.D. programs (I'm a senior, BTW, and I'm applying to grad school this fall). Also, I can likely get at least a B in the class, but I really don't want that on my transcript. The only other quantitative-like classes that I've taken are finite mathematics (I got an A) and political analysis (I got a B+). Do you have any insight?