<p>Even after going through orientation and scheduling I still dont have a solid understanding of how the system works at Rutgers. To be more specific, I am a first year incoming fall freshmen, im in livingston college, I understand that within New Brunswick there is Douglass, Busch, College Ave, and livingston, and each of these are colleges with different first year requirements, but they are also basically just different campuses because you can take classes at all of these different colleges, at scheduling they handed us a "first year course offering" for livingston college, and I told the advisor that was scheduling my classes that I would like to major in finance...i was told i am to declare a major my junior year..and there is certain classes I must take or be in the process of taking in order to get into the business school, i understand this, im still uncertain though what major I am in now..as a first year student...general studies? this was never discussed during scheduling..they basically just grinded me out as quick as possible...I felt as if the course offerings sheet they handed us was small, shouldnt I be able to take all of the classes available at rutgers? im sure if that was the case the list of courses would be more then the three page printout they gave us...and dont students go in there first year with a major already established? ..i'm sure im missing key things that could possibly explain some of the questions i have...if anyone has some information on how it all works...please respond and let me know..im almost embarrised to seem so clueless after getting so far into the process...but the only way to find out info is to ask...no question is dumb..right? hehe..well thanks for taking the time to read this..hopefully ill find some help! thanks again.</p>
<p>contact your academic advisor they are there to answer all your questions. Good Luck in the fall</p>
<p>You enter as undecided or pre-business basically. To major in finance there will be a bunch of pre-reqs you need to take and then apply to the b-school in your sophmore year.
The various differences are mostly about different concentrations. For example I know on Cook, frosh need to take a perspectives class, but those in Rutgers do not need to.
Other questions, I'm sure you can ask your advisor.</p>
<p>Yea, you don't have any major as a freshman. You declare your major sophomore year, not junior year. You can technically take any course that you fill the prerequisites for as a freshman, but the sheet they give you had all the courses that are deemed "appropriate" for freshman I guess... not too difficult.</p>
<p>Most freshman definitely do not have a planned major in mind. Most students switch majors a few times in their college career.</p>
<p>Anyway, any question is not stupid. It's good you're asking them, most freshman have plenty of questions but are too scared to ask b/c they feel stupid. If you have any more questions, email or call a dean or your academic advisor and they'll def help you out... its their job.</p>
<p>you are pre-business. </p>
<p>welcome to rutgers.. where the advisors don't give a crap about you :]</p>
<p>and the Governor.</p>
<p>Basically, you pre-business (and keep in mind you want to keep you gpa relatively high to enroll in the business school). Although different colleges specialize in certain things. Douglass is "women-power." Livingston is more community-oriented, etc. etc. Each school has certain requirments you need to fulfill (like 2 classes on women history or something). I personally chose Rutgers College just because it had the requirements ALL rutgers students have to fulfill and no additional requirements on behalf of Rutgers College itself. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Don't get ahead of yourself. Yes you can take any course at RU. But you probably don't need to leave your home campus your freshman year. Take the diversity course- titled something like "building community through...", take the Expos Writing course, take a course or two which satisfy one of the area distribution requirements(need ten over your 4 years), and check out the six required courses necessary for admittance to the Business School. Will one of them be appropriate the first semester?</p>