Course load?

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<p>I have </p>

<p>BUS-A100 (1)
MATH-M118 (3)
BUS-K204 (3)
FINA-A231 (3)
BUS-X170 (3)
BUS-T134 (1)
BUS-T175 (1.5)
MUS-J210 (1)</p>

<p>for my first semester at IU.
It's a lot of classes, 16.5 credits, but only about 5 substantial classes, the first 5. I'm not totally sure if I should take BUS-X170, might drop it the first week or so if it feels like too much. But my BUS-A100 is in the second 8-weeks and BUS-T134 is in the first 8. I'm hoping to apply for Kelley Honors, so I planning to be involved in clubs, etc. Does it still seem like too much though? Thank You!</p>

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<p>Business honors wants candidates to have leadership extra curriculars on campus. Make sure you leave yourself enough time for those. A lot of direct admits trying for business honors, especially if they come in with a lot of AP credit, take light loads freshman year in order to make themselves stand out to the business honors selectors as good leaders. EC’s are probably more important than high gpa; of course, you need to meet the minimum gpa to apply.</p>

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<p>Bthomp1, so in your opinion as long as one meets GPA requirements they wont put much weight on scheduling if it’s a light load? </p>

<p>I ask because the Kelley guidance counselor told me (now, not much faith here) that my first semester seemed very light. But I’m currently taking Calc and Micro at a CC to transfer. I’ll be taking Finite next summer. Ive already lined out/applied to leadership clubs but I’m worried course load will somehow play a huge weight. I’m considering taking a sophomore class second semester to make up for the lack of finite/credits I’m transferring in.</p>

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<p>Coste, they have 300+ applications for 150 or so spots in business honors, and all 300+ have 3.7+ gpas, so other criteria are used heavily to distinguish the students, with EC’s probably being the most important one. 3.7+ isn’t really even that hard to achieve through the end of freshman year at IUB. They probably also try to get a good mix of OOS, in-state and male-female ratio that represents Kelley as a whole. I think this would make it more difficult for OOS males to get accepted to business honors.</p>

<p>As far as EC’s go, I think a lot of business honors students do Civic Leadership Development, Alternative Spring Break, and K201 Peer Tutor as freshmen.<br>
[Participate</a> in Civic Leadership Development: Institute for Social Impact : Kelley School of Business: Indiana University](<a href=“http://kelley.iu.edu/ISI/involvement/CLD/page38283.html]Participate”>http://kelley.iu.edu/ISI/involvement/CLD/page38283.html)
[Participate</a> in Alternative Break Program: Institute for Social Impact : Kelley School of Business: Indiana University](<a href=“http://kelley.iu.edu/ISI/involvement/ABP/page38284.html]Participate”>http://kelley.iu.edu/ISI/involvement/ABP/page38284.html)
<a href=“Indiana University Bloomington”>Indiana University Bloomington;
[K201</a> Peer Tutors - Home](<a href=“Indiana University Bloomington”>Indiana University Bloomington)</p>

<p>Here is a list of student organizations.
<a href=“Indiana University Bloomington”>Indiana University Bloomington;
[Organizations</a> and Clubs: Current Students: Indiana University Bloomington](<a href=“Indiana University Bloomington”>Indiana University Bloomington)</p>

<p>Anyway, here are some examples of students who got into business honors with light class loads, 26.5 for the first and 28 for the second. The first student was not a direct admit, and he got accepted to Kelley and business honors after taking an less difficult schedule and getting all solid B’s and higher.</p>

<p>#1
I was able to get a really solid GPA this year, so I was guaranteed admission (everything above a b). I was really lucky and was able to squeeze into Kelley
Honors as well because of the easy schedule. Looking back, the best advice I can give is making sure you do well your first semester, participating/leading a few extra curriculars and using your resources well (x220 resume, recommendations from professors, grade distribution). I skipped calc this year and took it during the summer at my local community college, I feel it was a good call. Also, no harm in taking as few credit hours as possible. I took 14 the first semester and 12.5 the second.</p>

<p>#2
I did a lot my freshman year. I was the Vice President of Eigenmann Leadership Council, a judicial board member of Eigenmann, a peer tutor for K201, a bronze medal member of Civic Leadership Development (it’s the largest Kelley School of Business club), I participated in Alternative Spring Break with Make-A-Wish/Give Kids the World at Disney World, and was on the club ultimate frisbee team.</p>

<p>If you want an easy position, I recommend being a chairman of the Judicial Board at your dorm (it’s like 3 hours a week), and being on a leadership council is even easier (but you need to be on an academic floor to be on the leadership council).</p>

<p>Peer tutoring will be great for your resume to show employers that you are good with access/excel.</p>

<p>Civic Leadership Development (CLD) is a volunteering club open to business school stundets only (although there have been talks of opening it up to all students). They have various levels of membership based on how many hours you volunteer. They have a website which shows you where volunteers are needed, you show up to volunteer, and then record how many hours you volunteered online. You get small prizes for volunteering.</p>

<p>Alternative Spring Break is associated with Civic Leadership Development. It’s what it sounds like; you spend a week volunteering and you can record that volunteering with CLD. They have a lot of cool places to spend spring break, and they offer scholarships to people who participate. The final cost out of pocket for me spending a week in florida was under $100.</p>

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<p>bthomp1, if I were to drop a class would you recommend dropping FINA-A231 or BUS-X170?</p>

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<p>I don’t know anything about those two classes.</p>

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<p>thanks anyways! if I decided to drop a class within the first couple weeks of school, do you know if it wouldn’t look like a bad mark on my transcript would it?</p>

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<p>stepanemone…if drop early does not show up on transcript</p>

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<p>Thank bthomp, I’ve seen those posts in the past but never paid attention to the course load.</p>

<p>So it does seem possible with a lighter course load, as long as other areas of the application are excellent.</p>

<p>Thanks again!</p>

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<p>A lot of freshmen direct admits that are also in Hutton take COAS honors courses for the easy course and the easy A to build their gpa for the business honors application. My son took three of those classes and they were full of Kelleys looking for easy A’s. Check the grade distribution and the upcoming class schedule to find teachers who traditionally have high average class gpa for the course and are teaching the course the next semester. These classes can be hard to get into, however, as the Kelleys who come in with the most AP and other credit and the sophomore Kelleys sign up for them quickly.</p>

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<p>bthomp1 or anyone w/knowledge, just got back from freshman orientation and my son is anxious about having his Kelley requirements met. The advisor he met with gave him a blue sheet which states (for step 2), “Take one course from each of three areas on the Bloomington campus.” It then has 3 columns - Business Analysis, Mathematics, and Communication with a list of classes. He is taking 2 of those, BUS-K 201 & MATH-M 118, but nothing for Communication. For step 3, it states, “Take one additional course from any of the above lists on the UI Bloomington campus”.</p>

<p>MUST he take one class from Communication the first semester or can he take take it the second semester along with another class for step 3?</p>

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<p>Are you talking about the sheet with all of the degree requirements for IU Kelley students? </p>

<p>If so, he cab honestly take whatever he wants of that mix as long as he gets all of his ICore prerequisites finished before his junior year. To find these, just google “Kelley ICore prerequisites”. </p>

<p>If it’s a different sheet (I don’t think it is), then I don’t know. I’m just going off of my session from Orientation last month.</p>

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<p>Thanks Coste. I should have added an important part - he is not in Kelley, yet. There are reqts or prerequisites for getting accepted in Kelley. One of which is to take 4 classes in 3 areas - Business Analysis, Mathematics, and Communication. Then after this and a few other prerequisites, he can apply for admission during the second semester of his freshman year and receive notification about admission in June.</p>

<p>Just want to make sure we have it right that he can take the 4 prerequisites classes over BOTH the first and second semester freshman year. The advisor wasn’t very helpful. In her defense she was helping 8 other kids at the same time though.</p>

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<p>If he’s going to apply to Kelley, course load is extremely important because he need to have good grades to get in. PM or search Bthomp1’s posts because he has recently offered a plethora of advice to a student in this situation. He’s most familiar with the best course combo to maximize GPA for applying to Kelley through the grade distribution reports.</p>