<p>I am a transfer student entering into my sophmore year at IU-Bloomington this fall. I just wanted to know whether the classes I am taking this semester are too much to handle or doable because I have to apply to kelley in November and I have maintained B or higher in all my courses, accumulating 34 credit hours after freshman year with a 3.6 GPA. My classes for this fall are: </p>
<p>BUS-A 100 Basic Accounting Skills
BUS-X 220 Career Perspectives
BUS-G 202 Corporate Social Strategy
BUS-X 201 Technology
BUS-L 201 Legal Environment of Business
EALC-E 100 Intro. to East Asia (also part of my Area Studies) </p>
<p>These classes total to 14 credit hours for the fall semester. Does this schedule seem to difficult or could be done in with enough time to spare for other things such as clubs and extracurriculars?</p>
<p>Looks like a good schedule that is not real demanding. X202 is a really easy A. </p>
<p>So with EALC-E 100 and a similar course during the second semester you will have completed the International Dimension requirement?</p>
<p>As I business student, I’ve taken all those classes</p>
<p>A-100 - high pressure and intense for whatever part of the semester you take it. Not much hw or outside work, but the week to two weeks before the midterm and test, be prepared to kick it to high gear.</p>
<p>Technology- Some kids find this class a breeze, others a nightmare. Eitherway, it requires time and group work.</p>
<p>L201- For some people it just clicks, for others they are lost. This is a class where if you are strong in government and know a lot about law, you can fly through it. However if you dont know nearly anything about torts or liabilities or how the business world functions, you will have a lot of catching up to do. </p>
<p>X220- as stated, it’s cake. But, it still takes time.</p>
<p>G202- again it’s one of those classes that depends on the person.</p>
<p>My final peice of advice is, that how “hard” any schedule is depends on what your goal is. Straight As is 10Xs harder than Straight Bs. Straight A+s requires 100X harder work than straight As. just keep that in mind.</p>
<p>bthomp1, I will have completed the International Dimensions Requirement once I take another area studies course during my spring semester. </p>
<p>Smile0751, thank you for your input. Though, in your own personal opinion, how difficult did you find these business courses all together? On average how many hours a week did you study for these classes just to get a reasonable idea? thanks.</p>
<p>My schedule was as followed my freshman year. In parenthesis is the amount of time per week I spent on it.</p>
<p>Semester 1
Finite (6)
Computers in Business Honors (4)
Public Speaking (instead of the oral communications) (2 or so every 4 weeks)
Accounting (13 or so before each test)
Persian Language and Culture (5)
Into to Philosophy (2)</p>
<p>Semester 2
Technology Honors (4)
Legal Environment of Business Honors (2)
Persian Language and Culture (5)
Careers in Business (1)
Economics (Micro) (2)
And a general Education Class to be an RA/CUE. (1)</p>
<p>Also was involved in maybe 10 or so hours a week of outside activities, and have a full time boyfriend after October who lived in the same building. Even with all that I got straight As Semester 2, and a B in Accounting in Semester 1. But, both took a lot of time and if you dont have good study skills or stress management, there are times where even the best will simply fall apart (I saw it). But, make sure you know where your prior</p>
<p>But, considering I already had writing and Calc credits, along with 30 general ed credits coming in, I was easily accepted in Business Honors. </p>
<p>Idk if that answers your question or not.</p>
<p>Smile0751, Congrats on getting into Business Honors!</p>
<p>Smile0751, congratulations on being accepted into business honors and it definitely does give me a reasonable idea of the amount of time spent on each class. Ofcourse, it really is a personal aspect in terms of study habits but the information certainly helps to prepare for the time spent on studying and prioritizing my schedule based on the class schedule. Also, did you happen to have Vivian Winston for A100? If so, I have heard she is a great professor and really helps students as much as possible even if they have a hard time understanding the material.</p>
<p>Thank you! I was quite excited!</p>
<p>And I did have Ms. Winston. She is as good as it gets for that class, however I lacked any experience with accounting. You are in a class of 300+ and the lectures can be hard to follow. The readings seem to deal with something else entirely, and the room is sooo warm it’s hard to concentrate. </p>
<p>My #1 piece of advice, and you’ll hear this a lot, is to try ALL the practice tests. Just do as many as you can get your hands on. You’ll learn patterns, even if you arent really sure what is going on, you’ll know what to plug and chug and recognize tricks you have run into before. </p>
<p>My #2 piece of advice is, don’t mess up the midterm and then have to get like 120% on the final. Treat the midterm like the 50% of the grade it is. Too many kids don’t realize just how hard it’s going to be, and regret it later.</p>
<p>Also, what may be more help for you is the ease of getting an A rating. Attached is the number (1-6 (6 bring REALLY hard)) to getting an A with reasonable and steady work.</p>
<p>Finite (5)
Computers in Business Honors (4)
Public Speaking (instead of the oral communications) (4)
Accounting (6)
Persian Language and Culture (2)
Into to Philosophy (5)</p>
<p>Semester 2
Technology Honors (4)
Legal Environment of Business Honors (4)
Persian Language and Culture (3)
Careers in Business (1)
Economics (Micro) (5)
And a general Education Class to be an RA/CUE.</p>
<p>Finite is not too difficult if you get the right teacher. Check if that orwick guy is still teaching. I ended up with an 89.2 with a proper study habit, but not working my ass off.</p>
<p>Anything with honors is a very attainable A. Just a heads up :)! Take all those honors courses as you can fill up on. I miss those good old honors courses, although at level 400, post ICORE, the classes are not hard since they involve classes in which you actually are passionate about!</p>
<p>Your ICORE will be a breeze based off my convos with people in honors ICORE.</p>