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<p>I just started at Goizueta this semester, so I thought I'd share some of my experiences so far... hopefully it'll be a bit of help for anyone who's interested in b-school at Emory.</p>

<p>Getting in: there's this huge, bloated terror-hype about getting rejected from Goizueta among a lot of the sophomores, but it's not a legit fear. Everyone with at least a 3.3 gets in, as long as they've taken most of the pre-reqs before applying. Undergrad admissions is more of a screening process than an actual admissions process.</p>

<p>The workload: My accounting professor assigns daily homework problems but doesn't collect them for grades. My management professor assigns weekly writing assignments and does grade them. Other professors just assign textbook reading. All professors assign group projects (about 3-5 projects per semester), and there are 3 tests per semester for each class. </p>

<p>The professors: I haven't met one that's mediocre yet. Some are genuinely nice and care about you (Rodgers!), some rely on TAs for everything. I've taken some truly horrendously boring core classes, but fortunately I haven't had a droner... yet.</p>

<p>Participation: is HUGE. They expect you to speak up in every lecture (there are about 60 people in a core class). If you're in a class like accounting, you get more chances to talk because less people raise their hands. If you're in management, every time the prof asks a question, 10-20 people raise their hands (because frankly management/marketing is so much easier to BS). It's hard to get in a word in, and about 30-40% of the students rarely say anything in class because they either don't care or are too terrified of public speaking.</p>

<p>People: from what I've seen, BBAs are about 70% white (40% of that is Jewish), 20% east Asian, and 10% south Asian. Quite honestly, Business majors as a whole are not as nice/outgoing/bubbly/warm/whathaveyou compared to other majors. You can tell they're more competitive and driven, they're not out to make [new] friends, and they want to make the most out of their college experience.</p>

<p>Grades: there's a curve, cream of the crop gets A, most people get a B or A-, only the truly horrid people get a C or below.</p>

<p>Advisor: you get assigned to a BBA advisor. Mine doesn't respond to emails. When I knock on her door after she hasn't responded to my emails for weeks, she tells me she's too busy to meet right now. I've heard positive things about other advisors, though, so I may apply for a new one next semester or something.</p>

<p>Study abroad: is limited. College people get to go to Oxford, LSE, etc. We get to go to City U or Manchester.</p>

<p>Opportunities: the CEO of Burger King came over to speak last week. There's a business fraternity. The career center does workshops. There was a career fair at the beginning of this semester.</p>

<p>Conclusion: first 2 semesters of b-school are pretty tough because you have to take a gazillion core classes in subjects that you don't care about. you don't get to go into your depth until semester 3, and according to my friend who's a senior, there'll be fewer people in your depth's classes, and competiton will get more cut-throat.</p>

<p>That's it... everything I would've loved to know when I was applying. Qs welcome.</p>

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<p>Is your advisor Libby Egnor?</p>

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<p>Thanks for the great post - I’ll be sure to read this over in the future.</p>

<p>How is the actual Goizeuta building? Is it nice at all?</p>

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<p>The actual building is pretty nice. Big classrooms, lots of natural light and has it’s own computer lab. I agree that most of the professors are excellent. My big complaint is that the advisers are bad and the guy they have managing the career center shouldn’t be there ( he is not bright at all and came from an engineering school’s career center). If you get in ask to speak to Andy Rabitoy at the career center before you make a decision on attending.</p>

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<p>No, my advisor’s the Barbadian.</p>

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<p>@citylife873: Isn’t Mr. Rabitoy the guy that runs the career center?</p>

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<p>@sabahmasaa </p>

<p>Thank you for a very informative post.</p>

<p>What are the pre-req courses required for application to business school in sophomore year.</p>

<p>So, this 3.3 GPA screenout was for thsi year or every year? Does this change year-to-year?</p>

<p>Also, do they look for certain grades in certain subjects or pre-reqs or just straight GPA?</p>

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<p>The pre-req courses are calculus, economics, decision science (basically statistics) and financial accounting. Getting in to the B-school is really easy. Basically, you just have to not be in the bottom 20% of people applying. Are you a student at Emory, or are you a senior in high school who is applying?</p>

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<p>@WIFFM68M7: Who are you? You are 42 and on college confidential.</p>

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<p>Many parents on here, city: You should know this. Therefore, anything is possible.</p>

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<p>42 is kind of young for a parent of a college bound student. It’s possible but I find it suspicious that WIFFM68M7 is 42 and only posted once since signing up for college confidential.</p>

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<p>I guess, but they’re new right. They may be making up the age, or they stumbled across the website. I stumbled across it. I didn’t know this existed when I was in HS. And 42 isn’t that young as it is common for many people to had children at, say, the age of 20 back then. Given that, if someone’s parent is 38-40 upon entering (the child could be the oldest), I wouldn’t be surprised. One issue is that saying 42 assumes that most parents went to straight to college back then (my parents actually didn’t for example. In fact my dad went to the military after HS and met my mom a tad later, and of course they traveled together). It assumes that grades weren’t skipped. Point is, there are a lot of assumptions to be made. Let’s just hold off.</p>