B in Diff Eq Honors or A in Non-Honors?

[nickadams]

Should I take Diff Eq honors which goes deeper and broader into the material and obviously has harder test problems and risk getting a B or C or take regular where I will probably get an A?

What sucks is given enough time I can eventually figure out the hard honors problems but since tests have time constraints, I usually run out of time. My problem is I work too slow, not that I don't know the material.

Advice?Edit: My goal is a math PhD program, and I hear math GPA is the most important thing for admission so...

 

[ZombieFeynman]

If you know you you will get an A, take that course and go deeper and broader on your own. If your goal is to get a math phd, you shouldn't need any motivation other than curiosity.

Of course one could argue you certainly don't know you will get an A.

 

[nickadams]

Any more advice? I need to decide ASAP!

Another reason why I'm wary about taking honors is because I've already taken Diff Eq once (long ago in a 5-week summer session where I didn't learn anything) and made a B, so if I take it again and make a B or a C, I feel like it will look horrible even if it is in honors.

:(