<p>I'm currently a junior in high school and JMU seems like a good fit for me. I have the grades and SAT score to get in, I'm just unsure about one thing. When I visited the school, they said that you take a year of general classes before applying to the business school. I'm a little apprehensive about this feat. What if I don't get accepted into the business school? Do they just expect me to switch majors or transfer? I think that's a little ridiculous. Do you guys think it's worth it to apply anyway and hope that I get accepted to the business school? Any personal stories????</p>
<p>All the info to get into COB
[JMU</a> - Admission Information](<a href=“College of Business - Advising and Support Center - JMU”>College of Business - Advising and Support Center - JMU)</p>
<p>Honestly, i dont think its likely you will be turned down IF you make good grade on the preqs and gen ed classes. But any major/program has potential to turn someone away. Seeing as how COB is a popular and very good major at JMU they put clauses like </p>
<p>“The total number of students admitted will be no greater than can be effectively supported with available instructional resources”</p>
<p>to protect themselves, but thats what it takes to get a good education. Its like enginnering at VT. </p>
<p>But honestly its not a problem 95% of the time.</p>
<p>alright thanks that helped. i’ll check out the website</p>
<p>ILOVENEWYORK-personal JMU/Business school story for you, regarding my son. He is sophomore now, at JMU. Started as a freshman in JMU/Business program. You have to take 10 undergrad business courses in your freshman/sophomore years. They can be tough classes. ECON, MICRO,MACRO,ACCT.,Business Law/COB191, and 4 others I don’t recall. After taking 8 of the classes, through fall of sophomore year, he did NOT have the GPA necessary to continue as a Business major, 2.8 I think. So, he had to pick a different major. So, now, in his new major, which he loves, he is doing well, and liking the classes much better than the business program. Maybe, the business program was not for him, maybe he was too young to be taking that type of classes freshman year, maybe he could have worked harder, whatever. The point is, yes it does happen that students cannot continue in the business school. But, maybe there is a reason for that. If you do end up at JMU, I know some of the business students did take the harder COB/10 classes, like ECON, or Calc, at their community college during summer, transferred the classes in to JMU and did not have to take those same classes at JMU, which would have been much tougher at JMU than at CC. The classes transfer in, but the grades from CC do not. So, for example, if my son had done this, wth ECON and Calc, he would have gotten in to the business school, because at JMU he got a D in both ECON and Calc. And two or more D’s or F"s in the 10 undergrad business classes automatically boots you out of the business school. It is a way into the business school, however, if he had done this, he would not be in a new major, that he now loves.</p>
<p>ddotjon, great story, told honestly. True to life.</p>
<p>wow thank you so much for that story, it really cleared things up! i hope all goes well for your son.</p>
<p>ddotjon:</p>
<p>I’m just curious as to what major he changed to? As well, will he be able to complete the new major in four years?</p>
<p>I am very worried about making a big investment in time and courses and then having to start over.</p>
<p>I’m guessing that he didn’t have to start all over, because the courses that he did badly in, he needed to get IN to the business school. </p>
<p>The first two years are GenEds if I’m not mistaken.
So I don’t think there would any worry in having to start over. Now if a person changed their major after their Junior year, that might cause a person to have to spend more money and start over.</p>
<p>He changed to CS/computer science. And yes, he will still be able to graduate in 4 years, provided he passes everything the first time, and gets all the classes he needs during registration. It’s true, the 10 undergrad business classes, it is a big investment of time, to not be able to use. So, you can say the 8 undergrad business classes he took freshman and fall of sophomore, are not all wasted. Some do fall into gen ed’s and you do need a certain amount of elective/non gen eds to graduate. </p>
<p>But if he would have continued to try to get in, say repeating classes and whatever in spring of sophomore year, he would have wasted a lot more time. </p>
<p>So, you have to kinda be honest with yourself, and know when something is just not gonna work. </p>
<p>He really likes CS, and I would now say business was probably not a good choice for him, to begin with. But, like all freshman, he felt pressure to go in with a major, and he chose business/acct. because it is a very lucrative field, not really considering if it was something he was interested in.
We both do not have any anger at JMU because of this situation, we both love the school, and we do realize it was his responsibility to achieve what was necessary, to get in to the business school, and also realize that if you cannot do well enough in the 10 undergrad business classes, you probably should not continue in the major, anyway. </p>
<p>So, now I think he is on the right track, is doing well, and it all worked out for the best.</p>
<p>Thats all good info!
Im a transfer looking to go into CS, does he like CS? Does he find it easier than COB?</p>
<p>This semester he is taking two CS classes CS139/Math227. The CS139 is programming intro, I think. I don’t know if you can say they are easier than COB, but in COB, for example, he thought he was getting the material, would take a test and fail miserably. He hated studying the COB material, and really did not like it at all. In CS, he is getting most of the material, and if he needs extra help, he goes and then actually gets the material, and does well on the tests. He reads ahead now, and really likes the material, and wants to do well. Whether its the major change, or maturity, or maybe a combination of both, I don’t really know.
Much happier, and less stressed, than when he was a COB student.</p>
<p>Ok hope hes not blown away with discrete mathematics (CS239) like most are. Its good to hear about a future fellow JMU CS student.</p>
<p>ddotjon would you mind giving some of your sons high school stats if you remember them?</p>
<p>ILOVENEWYORK- he is a sophomore now, when he applied, as a HS senior, he had a 3.4ish GPA, 2AP’s senior year, and 1260 SATS/Math-Reading. And we are also from NY. Have you visited JMU yet?</p>
<p>One more thing, I do think most of the better business schools either require a certain GPA to get into the Business program, or if you go in freshman year, they require a certain GPA to stay in. So, really JMU is no different.</p>