<p>I got admitted to Olin through early decision and I am so excited!! I was looking through the courses/curriculum and had a few question. There are a lo of classes that all olin students are required to take, and I was wondering how big those classes are since every freshman will be taking the same 3 or so. I am currently taking AB calc this year, and am really not looking forward to taking calculus again next year. Online it says that if I were to get a 5 on the AP I could pass out of one level but would still have to take another calc class. There is also a very good chance that I would not get a 5, so I am wondering if there is any alternative to taking calc, and also is it considered one of the harder classes at wash u?
Any information of the curriculum would be really helpful! So excited for next year.</p>
<p>Congrats on getting in!</p>
<p>I was an engineer, not in olin, but I can possibly break down some of your questions for you. </p>
<p>What I do know is that b-school classes, especially those school-wide ones you mentioned, tend to be small-ish and involve a lot of group projects. </p>
<p>Here’s the curriculum (suggested path, at least):
[Curriculum:</a> BSBA| Olin Business School - BS in Business Administration (BSBA) | Olin Business School](<a href=“http://olin.wustl.edu/EN-US/academic-programs/bs-business-administration/Pages/Curriculum.aspx]Curriculum:”>BSBA Bachelor of Science Bus. Admin. | Olin Business School)</p>
<p>Just looking at the freshman year, Management 100, 150A, and 150B are b-school wide. As is 290 and Accounting 2610. </p>
<p>English Comp 100 is Writing 1. It will be a small class. Your electives are whatever you make of them. Your calc class (which I’ll get to later) will be a couple hundred, but with smaller recitations potentially, depending on which level you start at.</p>
<p>You can use courses.wustl.edu to search previous semester enrollment. I’ll do that now because I’m bored, lol. I’m assuming Fall 2013 & Spring 2014 based on what the above Olin curriculum path says:</p>
<p>Management 100: 4 sections, between 50-57 students in each. Additional recitation weekly capped around 25.
Management 150A: 5 sections, between 50-57 students each.
Management 150B: Looks like the same mid-50 cap.
Accounting 2610: 3 sections, ~50 in each.
Managerial Ec: 6 sections, capped at 50.</p>
<p>People who’ve actually gone through this can probably tell you what those class sizes mean, but for what it’s worth, I’ve never heard my b-school friends complain about class sizes.</p>
<p>As for Calc, you don’t actually need a 5 to test out of it. A 5 just means you don’t have to take the math dept placement test. If you’re decent enough in calc ab to pull at least a 3, you should be able to test out of Calc I. Whether you choose to do so or not is another story. Lower level math in general is not considered hard at WashU. (Also, while Calc II is not necessarily required for all BSBA students, a lot of my b-school friends chose to take up to Calc III because it opened up more options for them).</p>
<p>There used to be a calc for business majors (Math 127 & 128), but I don’t know if it’s still an option - it’s not listed on wucourses or on the math department website.</p>
<p>Ok great. Thanks for all that info! Can anyone who is maybe in the business school talk a little about the classes/curriculum?</p>
<p>bump. i’m very curious about this as well, does anyone have any more information basically about the classes you take in olin freshman year. the more information the better.</p>
<p>I’m from Olin. Sorry if I’m revivng an old thread, but for Olin freshman classes, it’s a heavy focus on those General requirements. Calc, for instance, is a big class because it’s a requirement for almost every major on campus. Your b-school classes are generally much smaller and they involve many group assignments.</p>
<p>And you also want to add QBA 120 to the list Johnson181 made. You’ll want to take that spring semester so you can take QBA 121 sooner; QBA 121 is a pre-req for many classes and IMO the widely applicable course in Olin.</p>