Econ 101 and Ross

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>I'm thinking about applying to Ross, but I'm already doing poorly in Econ 101. I got a C+ on the first exam. I know it's only going to get harder as far as the material, which means it's going to be very difficult to pull off anything above a B.</p>

<p>Am I pretty much screwed if I don't get an A in Econ? I'm probably going to get one other B this semester because of a GSI's harsh grading...otherwise everything should be fine. I'm also semi-involved on campus... I have a part-time job and I play a club sport that travels.</p>

<p>Advice?</p>

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<p>Question: How d’you know the letter grade? My class just got a percentile…</p>

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<p>no you are not screwed. if you pull off a ~3.6 GPA, you’d roughly have a 50% chance of getting in.</p>

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<p>You have Malone/Gerson?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’m taking it with Malone. Under resources on CTools, there is a folder named “exam results” and a PDF with a list of everyone’s scores. You match up your ID with a score in a special way and then get your score in terms of points.</p>

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<p>Yes, I know, I’m in her class too. I got a 106. 5 people got 100%s and a student received 31/ 140</p>

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<p>I’m in Proulx’s class. The scores were really high in our class, not sure about yours…</p>

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<p>if you cant do well in econ 101, you have bigger things to worry about than getting into ross. It’s pretty much the easiest class I have taken other than my polisci class</p>

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<p>econ 101 and calc 125 are the two classes where they really expect you to do well. its very, very tough to overcome a b, even with perfect grades elsewhere. you better get an a+ in econ 102 next semester, and you should take another econ class too if possible and get an a+ in that.</p>

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<p>honestly, if u got a C+ on econ 101, I don’t think ur ross material.
Go apply to some top clubs at UM such as Michigan Interactive Investments. I heard its members have a 100% placement rate into Ross. But i think admission into MII is very selective. This freshman I know whos in there worked at a bulge bracket investment bank when he’s 17.</p>

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<p>It’s too late to get into MII. They only recruit during the fall.</p>

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<p>Sucks for the OP then. Btw, I just heard that this freshman got a boutique IBD offer. If this is true, he basically got offers faster than juniors and seniors? W. T. F. Bearcats, what do u think?</p>