<p>Those "how many hours do students put in per week" is a very inaccurate number. It's all based on a survey, with students writing down their answers from the top of their heads. It's not like they have a timesheet or anything. Things like that are not only misleading but also difficult to quantify to begin with. We probably don't know if we're studying 3 hours a day or 6. It's more like how much we FEEL we are doing based on general sense, not hard facts.</p>
<p>The fact remains , you are going to have to put in long hours to do well at Ross.</p>
<p>how difficult is it for a freshman PA student to maintain a 3.3 as not to get booted from Ross? anyone with first hand experience?</p>
<p>"How difficult is it for a freshman PA student to maintain a 3.3 as not to get booted from Ross?" Rumor has it that one person was booted (or quit) because of grades after first semester. People will know in about a week whether they maintained a 3.3. I don't how many people are close to that mark... we don't really talk about GPAs except maybe with a couple of close friends.</p>
<p>so you're saying that 99% of the preadmits end up maintaining the 3.3</p>
<p>Yeah nearly ever single pre admit gets the minimun GPA required.</p>
<p>Think of it this way: If you get at least a B+ in everything, you're set.</p>
<p>I honestly don't know, but I'd bet a nickel that we lose 2 to 4 additional students due to grades... with 1 or 2 due to inability to handle it academically and 1 or 2 due to lack of focus. I hope I'm wrong and everyone makes it.</p>
<p>if i got a 1500 on my SATs and focus i shudnt have a problem most likely right</p>
<p>!! You cant relate SAT 's to your college studies:P!. There are different subjects , different amouts of work put in etc etc. </p>
<p>Man, you'll get the 3.3 ... stop worrying so much :p</p>
<p>ThatKid, you will be pleased to find out that your PA classmates (and many non-PA students as well) will also have top SAT scores like a 1500. Of course that can be both good and bad, depending on how you look at it. Although you're competing with bright students, the caliber of the student body really makes a big difference in how you learn, especially in teamwork assignments. It's a better feeling to be surrounded by smart, like-minded people than questionable students who make you doubt the program's greatness. Professors like teaching smart students, and you'll notice at Ross that you'll learn better with smart classmates. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>which classes do the preferred admits take at the B-school next year? BE 300?</p>
<p>I'm Scott Moore, the Ross School BBA Faculty Director. I'm also the author of the blog "Moore BBA Stuff" at <a href="http://rossbba.blogspot.com">http://rossbba.blogspot.com</a>. </p>
<p>To clarify a few points...</p>
<p>Every graduating class for the last 6-8 years or so has had around 350 students. (We used to have less than that.) The graduating classes for at least the next 3 years will be limited to that same number because of the construction we have going on. Since we now have two entry points (HS and freshman) but the same number of students, if we admit some (70 in this case) high school students, then we will admit fewer (280) sophomores. We are not admitting fewer students (for whatever reason you might think); please continue reading this post. I wrote a fairly long blog entry on this at <a href="http://rossbba.blogspot.com/2007/04/class-size-for-bba-program.html">http://rossbba.blogspot.com/2007/04/class-size-for-bba-program.html</a>.</p>
<p>Last year's junior year admission of 358 students was the last year of our junior year admission. We also admitted about 350 sophomore students since we didn't have freshman admissions for this class. We <em>also</em> admitted about 70 freshman last year --- who will be combined with about 280 sophomores this year to form a graduating class of 350.</p>
<p>As for maintaining a 3.3 during your freshman year if you happen to be a preferred admit student: it appears about 15% of the students are close to that GPA. I don't know where they will end up, but they are going to be close. Students have a lot of opportunities to work with our advisors to help them plan their schedule and their workload. I'm thinking that those students that don't maintain the GPA are students that either got caught up with their new-found freedom away from home or they simply had a difficult time making the transition to college-level academics. But both of these situations will happen at any school every year.</p>
<p>As for SAT scores of preferred admit students: 1500 would place you in about the top third of the class. The average HS adjusted GPA of these students is around 3.9. I wrote a blog entry about this at <a href="http://rossbba.blogspot.com/2007/03/competition-for-preferred-admit-program.html">http://rossbba.blogspot.com/2007/03/competition-for-preferred-admit-program.html</a>. No matter what school or university you end up, don't rest on SAT score --- it doesn't mean anything once you go to your first class. You're just another student trying to do well.</p>
<p>Course schedule information for the 3-year program: You can find all the details at <a href="http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/Curriculum/CoreCurriculum/BBA/ThreeYearCore.htm">http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/Curriculum/CoreCurriculum/BBA/ThreeYearCore.htm</a></p>
<p>Thank you Mr. Moore you're insight is a great help.</p>
<p>Thanks for joining CollegeConfidential Mr. Moore. I find the BBA blogs that you post to be very interesting.</p>
<p>I didn't know anyone ever actually read those posts (at Moore BBA Stuff). I write them hoping that someone might, but I don't get much feedback.</p>
<p>That blog is definitely <em>not</em> the official Ross School information outlet. I just write about stuff that strikes my fancy. And I'm probably more open with information than others would be but I figure that the more you know about what you're getting into, the better questions you'll be able to ask as you're going through the process, and the better ultimate decision you'll be able to make.</p>
<p>At least that's my what I believe to be true.</p>
<p>I think that the reason why you don't get much feedback is because of the location that the link is located (in the bus.umich.edu website). In order to view the link, you have to click the "BBA" program link and then click on the "current students" link which then prompts you to the rossbba.blogspot.com. Only the current students would be aware of this link. If that link was also placed in the prospective student area, many more people would be able to access it and it would benefit them in the college admissions process.</p>
<p>Good point. I'll work on getting my assistant to change this in the next couple of days.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Mr. Moore, I don't know how closely you follow College Confidential, but your blogspot has been a fairly recent discovery here. As part of the first pre-admit class, I check it out at least once per week. The meaning of your remarks on class size have been debated in much the same way as comments by the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. We are determined to explore every nuance and potentail meaning. :)</p>
<p>I hope you can join us regularly to correct us when we are spouting off incorrect information. </p>
<p>Warning... CC is addictive!</p>
<p>Welcome to College Confidential , Mr Moore. All us Ross hopefuls are definitely mightily pleased to see you. Just a heads up - get your status changed from 'New Member' to ' College Rep'. It will put the doubters to rest. </p>
<p>We read your blogs and discuss them over here on these forums so thats why you've probably not heard from us. Good to see a U of M representative here. The question round will commence shortly :p. </p>
<p>Go Blue!</p>