<p>Dad has a sign over his desk with a quote from Bum Phillips, the former coach of the Houston (now Tennessee) Oilers. I have it memorized. "One year ago we knocked on the door. This year we beat on the door. Next year we're going to knock the son of a b**** down".</p>
<p>Last week, on my 3rd try at the A-100 midterm, I got a 92.</p>
<p>Don't be afraid to enroll at IU Kelley because of this course. If you're smart enough to get in, you'll eventually figure it out.</p>
<p>Thanks for the PM. I know it's the Tennessee Titans.</p>
<p>o my..im a direct admit ...next yr frosh and when i visted kelley..i heard all kinds of stores about A-100. prtyy much distribution of grades is bi-model...some ppl do rlly well, ohers not so hot.</p>
<p>ok. My S just dropped A100 a second time after the midterm. He is planning to take A201 equivalent at CC this summer and is planning to apply to SM with a business minor which would eliminate the need for A100. However, if he does well in the CC course, could he come back and take A100 and continue on a business track. He's just so discouraged...on the other hand SM is his real interest.</p>
<p>jcarol and Zouman. I posted to give encouragement to people (like me) who had to drop this course once, twice or more after the midterm. Each time you take it, and each time you do more practice tests, you learn more of Tillers tricks. Don't give up.</p>
<p>youare#6,</p>
<p>Congrats, both on your 92 and your tenacity! A100 can be conquered. My son dropped it once after a dismal midterm and came back the next term with a B+ for a final grade.</p>
<p>He told me that while the grading curve was useful in past years, it has become virtually nonexistant this year. Too many students were doing too well! Perhaps this speaks to an increase in the caliber of those admitted?</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm sure you are relieved to be done with A-100. Good luck with the rest of your semester!</p>
<p>Son is going to IU in the fall as a direct admit to Kelly. He has been reading the posts about A-100 and is trying to "prepare" as best as possible. He has never had any accounting in high school. I am trying to find Calcruzer's advice post from the past about "surviving" this class- can you send the link.
Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>idylldancer,</p>
<p>I found one of the threads in which Calcruzer posted the accounting program his son used to prep for A100. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks so much IllinoisMom2006 and of course Calcruzer!!
Hopefully, these tips will help son prepare/survive/complete this class.
Would you guys recommend starting off the year and going for it in case you need to "re-visit" the class again? Son isn't going to orientation until the third week of June and is convinced that there won't be any classes left.......oh well.</p>
<p>Strategically, it probably is a good idea to take it in the earliest term possible, which will give you the most opportunities to retake if necessary.</p>
<p>Also, I notice that the chapter order has changed in the materials being sold.</p>
<p>Right now, I'd say study chapters 1-5 for the first test and chapters 18 through 23 for the second test.</p>
<p>Chapter 23 (on Cost-Volume-Profit analysis) is probably 25% of the second test, on average.</p>
<p>Also, be sure to understand what types of transactions (financing, investing, and operations) go into making up the cash flow statements--and which transactions fall into which of those three categories (don't know which chapter that's in in the material).</p>
<p>Best of success in the A-100 course.</p>
<p>I agree with IMom. Take it early because you may have to take it often.</p>