<p>Like to prepare me for Gen. Ed. classes? or for Business classes?</p>
<p>The best thing you could do is get an internship, but that is pretty unrealistic in between high school and college so I would recommend just having fun this summer.</p>
<p>If you enjoy reading for pleasure, this summer would be a good time to do it. Once you start school, you’ll have so much other reading to do, it could suck the enjoyment right out of reading for fun.</p>
<p>My daughter was worried about A100 having never been exposed to accounting before, so she took an introductory accounting class at our local community college over the summer. The credits didn’t transfer (nor did she intend for them to), but it did help a lot when she took A100 the first 8 weeks when she arrived at IU as a freshman. But I also vote for the “read for pleasure” idea. It’s easy to forget how nice reading can be when you are always doing it because someone is making you.</p>
<p>You can always take a class or two at cc the summer before you start. My son took A100 at IUPUI before starting at IUB. Made his first semester at IU much more manageable.</p>
<p>Let me second Tulare’s comment.</p>
<p>The hardest introductory (translation: weed-out) class for business majors at IU-B is Accounting A100. Therefore to make your life better during your first year, you should take an introductory accounting course (or at least study some accounting) prior to starting this class.</p>
<p>P.S. Good luck at Indiana University this coming school year.</p>
<p>I should have given Calcruzer credit where credit was due. It was his advise to get some exposure to accounting that lead to my daughter taking the class over the summer. It was excellent advise, which Calcruzer is well known for on this forum.</p>
<p>Calcruzer, I hope you continue to visit us on this board from time to time even after your son graduates (in about 6 short weeks!).</p>
<p>It’s a good thing then that I am taking accounting right now. I find the class very easy but it is probably not the same coursework as university level. In class, We have done debit/credit relationship, preparing income statements, balance sheets, and stuff like that for like a corporation, partnership, etc., and tax forms. I don’t know if it’s the same at IU.</p>
<p>Are there any introductory Econ classes? I was thinking for reading Freakonomics, I heard it’s an entertaining read :)</p>
<p>Season on the Brink by John Feinstein</p>
<p>All,</p>
<p>Good advice! Unfortunately, the our local IU branch do not offer A100. Would A201 be a good one to take during the summer to prepare for the tougher A100?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Well, A100 is an easier version of the combination of Financial accounting (A201) and Managerial Accounting (A202). A201 will help you with the first of the two tests that are part of the A100 course, but you will still need to know a little about Managerial to do well on the second test.</p>
<p>Tulare, thanks for the nice comments. I expect to still visit the IU site regularly, although not weekly like I do now. I’ll probably spend a litle time on researching Masters of Business programs for my son, since he is hoping to get his MBA in a few years after working for his first few years.</p>
<p>As far as success at IU, I think the advice given by people on here helps a bit, but it is up to the parent–and more importantly the student–as to whether or not they are successful. We like to think we helped a little–but there is very little we can do unless the student is motivated, proactive, and is constantly striving to be vigilant in their studies. Your daughter has apparently been quite successful in all of these categories;–so congratulations to her.</p>