<p>Yesterday we received an email about the RISE residential option. My son is going to major in accounting, but from what I understand, there is no direct admittance into Broad Business School (students must have 56 or more transferable credits, a minimum overall GPA of 3.4 and 3.5 for accounting majors, a 3.2 GPA in the prerequisite courses, and no grade below a 2.0 in any individual prerequisite course)... However the first sentence of the email is:</p>
<p>Dear Spartan,
Congratulations on your admission to Michigan State University and the Eli Broad College of Business I want to take a moment to share information about a great opportunity with you, the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment (RISE).</p>
<p>and signed by:
John Wagner
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Eli Broad College of Business
Business Complex
632 Bogue Street, Room 520
East Lansing, MI 48824</p>
<p>Does this mean he has been directly admitted? Just wondering if this is a marketing ploy because my son has narrowed down his schools to only direct acceptances into business schools, and this would change things considerably.</p>
<p>Thank you in advance to any insight</p>
<p>Just spoke with Broad admissions, freshman are NOT directly admitted into the program without the criteria I listed above. It was a very misleading email - she stated that everyone that has declared a business major is considered a part of the Broad “community” but no one is officially admitted into Broad until the end of sophomore year.</p>
<p>I can’t shed light on that email but did want to comment that my Daughter is currently a jr. in Broad and having a very positive experience. She has found the advising/counseling to be very helpful in pursuing a Broad major and two minor concentrations in another college. The career support is wonderful, she has landed an excellent paid internship with a major national company for the summer. There will be five required classes your child must take before starting in Broad jr. year, be sure he is on top of that. My D. participated in a wonderful study abroad program in London that was through Broad. And her interaction with the professors has been very good, they seem to make themselves accessible for help with classes and general advising. I think the comment about the Broad “community” is accurate as D. participated in the study abroad during her sophomore year before she was admitted to Broad and her professor interactions began before this year as well.<br>
Overall our impressions at State have been if students seek out interaction and support from the University it will be available to them. MSU is a huge school and nobody will come knocking on their door so the kids must seek it out. My son just enrolled in MSU for next year, but he will be in Lyman Briggs not interested in business.
Good luck.</p>