<p>I screwed up my freshman year here pretty bad and ended up with a cumulative 2.4 GPA.</p>
<p>I have two choices here regarding my major.
1. Keep GPA, Major in Econ, graduate in 4 years
2. Reapply to Ross, start over, graduate in 5 years, 8K+ more in debt.</p>
<p>Current Courses (Sem 1 and proposed Sem 2)
Calc II Honors
Calc III
Interest Theory
Econ 102
1st and 2nd semester Arabic
Accounting 1
History 210</p>
<p>Extras: 6 Week internship at Boston Consulting Group, Seoul
4 Week internship/workshop at China Unicom
Active member of 1-2 Clubs</p>
<p>Essays: Plan to write about eventual career goals for the generic essays and my experiences working in teams during my internships for the teamwork essay.</p>
<p>I talked to a bschool counselor and he said that I would have to basically pull a 3.9+ ("black and white difference between last year and this year") for them to take a serious look at me again (aka have a shot). I got a 2400 SAT so he said that would help as well.</p>
<p>The thing is, my academic counselor said I would get a lot more "mileage" graduating in 4 years and getting an MBA; I planned to get an MBA regardless of my major. </p>
<p>Taking 5 years (assuming i'd get in) I would have one more summer for work experience but i'd graduate in 5 years and be a year more in debt. </p>
<p>That said what are my chances when I reapply at Ross?
Also, do you recommend choice 1 or 2?</p>
<p>We'd have to assume top notch grades (easier said than done) to even think about these choices so please no "3.9 is impossible, OMG" posts.</p>
<p>what I don't understand is how you got a 2400 SAT and managed to get a 2.4 your first year at Michigan, I mean even if you didn't study at all, your extreme natural talent should have been able to carry through and get you like a 2.7, but I mean obviously I don't know your situation but I was just curious as to how that was possible</p>
<p>Just curious. As am Econ major, how come you are only taking Econ 102 and no other Econ courses in your sophomore year? At this rate, how do you expect to graduate in 4 years?</p>
<p>noodles: As everyone on these boards will tell you, a high SAT score doesn't mean a high GPA, especially in college. Going into detail is pointless (and makes me feel even more retarded typing it out), but lets just say I got great scores on the exams but would lose 30% b/c of missed deadlines for essays, etc.</p>
<p>Goblue: I probably will tweak my schedule around. It'll be tough to manage as you suggest (8-12+ credits of econ classes a semester) but that's why I wanted an idea of where i stand in terms of making Ross so I can plan accordingly. As of now i'm thinking of cutting out Acc271 and second semester arabic and adding Econ 401 and a econ/stats class.</p>
<p>The thing is, if i keep my gpa then I probably wouldn't be competitive in the internship/job search process by junior year (many GPA cutoffs). If I got into ross my GPA would start over (according to my academic counselor) so I would have a chance to make myself more competitive by the time junior year (my "senior year) rolled around.</p>
<p>Econ 101 and 102 are advisory prereqs, not "enforced" prereqs. My friend who took the class said you don't need 102 to do well; he said math skills were more important.</p>