<p>Hi, i am registering for my spring 12'' classes. I took all my general ed requirements for my AAS degree and i am left with 3 free electives. I plan to use them towards business. My major is Not set as of yet but I feel business is one of the many demanding field for the future. I am a sophmore in college planning to transfer to a university in the fall of 12''</p>
<p>My question is... How demanding is the field of business? What is the likelihood of getting a job straight out of business school (yes, i plan to take the Gmat). How easy is it to find work experience/volunteer/internship? (i live in the city). What is a respectable gpa; both cum and bus cum to get into top tier business schools?</p>
<p>My cumulative gpa right now is a 3.148 (1 W)
business cum gpa (0.00)</p>
<p>What are some classes i need to take?
business management? business law? principle of accounting?</p>
<p>How can i network, find experience/skills?</p>
<p>thank you in advance.</p>
<p>Please give me some guidance. Links would be helpful!</p>
<p>I’m also getting my A.S. before I transfer and my business courses are:</p>
<p>Business Law, Accounting I, Accounting II, Macro, Micro, Business Statistics, Business Communications. </p>
<p>I chose not to take intro to business because its not a required class for my bachelor’s program which is MIS. However, if you want to major later on in finance or accounting then most likely you’ll need that intro to business course.</p>
<p>Most business schools require you to complete an introductory set of courses before you can get accepted into the business school and take those intermediate and upper level courses. </p>
<p>It sounds like you’ll either need to take an additional semester at the university your transfering to or stay where you are to take additional classes so that you can get into the business school. if you havent already, TALK with the university you are interested in transfering to, they’ll likely give you a list of classes you must take (ex. introductory financial accounting courses, business law, introductory finance, biz communication, beggining econ courses…ect). In addition to the Business school requirements you will likely have University general education requirememts that must be met. Your AA degree probably covered most of them, but my university still had several others that I had to take. </p>
<p>You only need GMAT to go to graduate school; its not for undergraduates. Getting a job/internship in business depends on the field, region, school, and most of all YOU, but regardless, it is usually competitive, expecially for the quality positions. </p>
<p>IMO, 3.1 is low to get jobs/internships but is fine for getting into biz school, depending on the university. The good thing about transfering, is now your GPA starts fresh from 0.0, if you start getting A’s, your GPA will be golden. The downside, is that your next two years will likely be more difficult than your past two years, so you wont have 2 years of lower level courses to bolster your GPA.</p>
<p>Just take classes that you think you will have difficulties with. You better take hard classes at a community college because your GPA will not transfer to a new school. For instance, if you have problems with math, then you should take calculus and statistics. In other words, you should work on your weaknesses while at a community college, and make sure that classes that you take will transfer.</p>
<p>@Toshtemirov: Exactly that’s what I’m trying to do at my cc I planned to take Business Statistics and Calculus; but unfortunately my cc doesn’t offers business calculus; there’s only a survey of calculus class and calculus I and II.</p>
<p>I was thinking of going ahead and take the survey but I’m afraid it would be harder than business calculus in the university I’d like to transfer to.</p>
<p>^Calculus 1 is usually counted as a business calculus when you transfer, so you can take it. I did the same thing when I went to a community college: I took calculus 1 and principles of statistics, and they transferred as business calculus and business statistics. But, you have to check it with your school.</p>
<p>^Really? Because I have been told that the Survey of Calculus I “may” count as a business calculus course once I transfer; but I assumed that Calculus 1 and 2 are for science majors.</p>
<p>^That’s why you need to find out about that at your potential school. I don’t know about the survey of calculus, but generally people say that calculus 1 is a bit harder than business calculus.</p>
<p>This is 100% false. How on earth would you assume this to be true? You think that class credits will transfer but that the grades won’t matter? </p>
<p>You also said MOST business schools require you to be accepted into their program. Another statement that is not true. SOME do this but it is definitely not majority.</p>
<p>I can only talk about my experiences. My official GPA for my BA does not include any of the grades I received from my 1st two years at my earlier school. I assumed other schools are the same. Am I wrong? </p>
<p>Once again, my business school required you to be accepted into the their school. It was pretty easy (all based on ranked GPA for who got in). It weeds out terrible students and allows for the University to know and/or limit how many classes, sections, and teachers they need for those majors. How else would a school plan their upper level classes (classroom space/# of teachers/#of students per sections…etc)? How do MOST schools do it? I’m curious.</p>
<p>You are 100% false. I have gone to four different schools during the summer while attending undergrad. Each time the institution and number of credits appears on my transcripts. Guess what is not there? Yep, a grade.</p>
<p>I realize this is not specifically a business school, but your experience seems atypical compared to everyone else’s on this thread.</p>
<p>question- if my major hasn’t been declared, and i have yet to take a business course, will i still be able to get into the M.B.A program? I spoke with an adviser recently and she suggested i start taking business classes with my leftover electives (associate degree requirements). However, since i plan to transfer, and my transfer school general classes require foreign language, i am thinking about using my elective on that. I was never good with language classes because it has always been foreign and hard for me. While i am in a college, should i take it here as opposed to a university? (harder i’m guessing?)</p>
<p>As I mentioned before, you should take classes that you think will be difficult for you. If you struggle with something at a community college, you should finish it before transferring because it will only get harder. I bet you do not want to take a hard class with 500 people in it, where a professor won’t know your name or even see your face. Generally, most of the introductory courses are held at huge auditoriums, so you should try to avoid that by completing them at a community college.</p>
<p>I’m curious to know if anybody else agrees with my friend: I might transfer before finishing my associate’s so I was debating on whether I should take business communications 201 the 2nd 8-weeks of this semester at my CC before transferring next fall, however he told me that most four year colleges won’t transfer in this class.</p>