<p>I am a senior in high school at the moment and want to get some classes out of the way before I start my freshman year. </p>
<p>Do you believe it is doable to take finite and microeconomics at my local community college? They run from June 16 to July 28, roughly a month, which means the classes are crammed. </p>
<p>If I was to choose between the two, which one would I rather take at IU? I was thinking of taking micro over finite over the summer because it was give me a base on terms that I would probably need in most of my classes. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Another thing I was thinking was maybe instead of taking two challenging classes, to replace one of those with BUS X100 instead, I would take that class once a week for 3 hours which I believe is definitely manageable.</p>
<p>Taking both sounds like a good idea. Six credits in 6 weeks sounds about normal for summer classes, and since it is at a CC the GPA does not transfer over (as long as you get a C or better, the credit does).</p>
<p>I would take finite and micro (see reason above and x100 is completely unnecessary for your degree progress). I actually took a lot of classes last summer (stats, corporate social strategy, intro to financial acct., intro to managerial acct., macro, bus law, and a history class (21cr)) just to get them out of the way so I can have an easy path the rest of my college career (graduating in 3.5 years while taking 12cr semesters). </p>
<p>Believe me, taking classes over the summer when an internship is not an option is a great idea; when you are at IU you have a lighter courseload which usually means better grades and less work.</p>
<p>If you are not a direct admit, you should not take Finite and X100 at CC this summer. </p>
<p>Also, I think if you are good at calculus, definitely take calculus your freshman year at IU and get your solid B or higher. Finite is very tricky, and you don’t want less than a B- in it or a W. So play it safe and take finite AFTER you get into Kelley, or the summer after your freshman year at a CC. Take calculus and X100 (easy B or higher) at IU with IU grades in order for them to be used for Kelley admission. </p>
<p>It would be a different story if you were already admitted to Kelley, then you could take them during the summer at a cc and it would not matter since you would already be in Kelley. This is one of the biggest advantages to being a direct admit.</p>
<p>As for this summer at CC, you could take microeconomics and it would not affect your IU admission. Take it with an easy freshman A&H or S&H class that will transfer to IU if you are doing the 27 credit hour core, which most people do. Then take only take 13 hours each freshman semester at IU, in order to concentrate on your four 3 credit classes and make sure you get no grades less than a solid B. That way you will almost certainly get into Kelley. Just make sure you take 13 in each semester.</p>
<p>Don’t take more than four 3 credit classes in any semester until after you get into Kelley. Six credits in the summer from the CC and 26 at IU in the fall and spring semesters will give you 32 credits for the year, which is a good total for your first year. You will actually be slightly ahead of pace to graduate with the minimum 124 at Kelley.</p>
<p>Edit: Cross posted with maxellis. Agree with everything he said, but I think only if you are already a direct admit. My son also took finite, bus law, micro, macro, astronomy at cc in the summer, but he was a direct admit, too. If you take enough of these classes at cc, then you can take only four three-credit classes during the long semesters at IU and still graduate on a good schedule.</p>
<p>I actually am I direct admit, so should I take micro and finite?</p>
<p>Yes. Those are good ones to get out of the way, especially since finite and macro sections at IU can be from 100-350 students. Congrats on the direct admit. Taking both in six weeks should not be that hard, and you only need a “C” or higher to tranfser the classes to IU.</p>
<p>Ok thank you for the responses, greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Yeah, like maxellis said, do not take X100 if you are a direct admit.</p>
<p>Other than finite and micro, which I would be getting out of the way this summer, what are some classes or electives I should look into signing up in orientation? I know of K201, and A100, thats about it though.</p>
<p>You want to get the I-core prerequisites out of the way before fall semester of junior year, when most people take Icore.</p>
<p>There are Icore prerequisites. You can check
[Foundation</a> Courses: Degree Requirements: Academics: Undergraduate Program: Kelley School of Business: Indiana University Bloomington](<a href=“Undergraduate | Bachelor's Degree in Business | Indiana Kelley”>Undergraduate | Bachelor's Degree in Business | Indiana Kelley)</p>
<p>Check the list of courses for prerequisites for the Icore prerequisites.
[Kelley</a> School of Business Undergraduate 2008-2010 Online Bulletin: Undergraduate Courses 2006-2008](<a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/business/2008-2010/courses.shtml]Kelley”>http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/business/2008-2010/courses.shtml)</p>
<p>Here are classes that transfer
[Credit</a> Transfer Service: Admissions: Indiana University](<a href=“http://cts.admissions.indiana.edu/]Credit”>http://cts.admissions.indiana.edu/)</p>
<p>Here are Kelley degree requirements
[Kelley</a> School of Business Undergraduate 2008-2010 Online Bulletin: Bachelor of Science in Business](<a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/business/2008-2010/bachelor.shtml]Kelley”>http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/business/2008-2010/bachelor.shtml)</p>
<p>The two business communications (X104 and X204) and two technology classes (K201 and X201) you should stagger across four semesters. They each have lots of group work, so taking any two of them the same semester would make meeting for group work difficult.</p>
<p>This schedule would be a good start.
A100
K201
ENG W131
two three-credit A&H, S&H, or N&M</p>