<p>Kahlen,</p>
<p>From his point-of-view, if he were a direct admit, he probably would have tried to get the Kelley honors on his diploma by taking the honors courses that you can take from day 1. (You need like two a semester)</p>
<p>As a non-direct-admit, he would have to take practically every course as an honors course now to get the "Kelley honors" on the diploma--which doesn't make sense to him. So as a result, he's in no rush to be accepted into Kelley--and he can take the courses he needs for acceptance at his own pace.</p>
<p>Since he was not a direct admit, I've kind of been encouraging him to try a bit of this and a bit of that so he's sure that the major he finally decides on is one he's happy with. I see where the average student changes majors at least 1-2 times while in college--so I wanted him to explore a few other fields before he finally gets "locked in" to one specific major. </p>
<p>After all, once you graduate you can still change fields--but it's tougher. The thing I learned in graduate school at UCLA is that being happy in your particular field is very important if you are going to make it your life's work. I strongly suggest the book "Working" by Studs Terkel to anyone still undecided upon what they want to do with their life.</p>
<p>dstark, </p>
<p>I agree with you. It should be noted that it's not too difficult to major in a business area and minor in something else--it's just difficult to major in both areas. </p>
<p>P.S. I'm going to quit now--I feel like I'm hijacking this thread--which I really didn't mean to do.</p>