<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I am an incoming RBS student. I'd like to know from current students...
1) What do you like/not like about the business school?
2) Also, what is some advise to succeeding in the business school for first years?
3) If you lived in the Business Discovery House, how did you like it?</p>
<p>My advice that has worked for my son, currently in the business school: go to all your classes, keep up with the reading, and study.</p>
<p>First of all, congratulations on getting in RBS!! I just graduated RBS yesterday with honors so I think I may qualify to answer your questions. :-)</p>
<p>Well…there was many things that I liked about RBS but I guess Ill just list the things I did not like. The main thing I did not like was having to do presentations because I do not like public speaking!! Another thing I did not like was having to take classes that I needed that were in 3 hour/once a week schedules. That was really really annoying. I dont like sitting in a class for 3 hours…not fun! While the presentations in the curriculum help prepare you for the real business world, they are extremely nerve wracking! </p>
<p>When making your schedule, try not to schedule more than 2 classes per day or classes that are so far apart on the same day… such as having 2 morning classes and then another in the evening…unless you dorm. Be cautious of the business classes you take together in the same semester! Not sure what your major will be but as far as the business cores go…try not to mix Production&Operations Management or Finance in the same semester as these two are the most quantitative cores. Try mixing these with some qualitative cores like Marketing, Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Forum, etc. Also, dont try to take too many of your major’s core classes in the same semseter…mix them with some business cores. If you do this you will have much less stress on yourself.</p>
<p>Sorry, I wasnt a resident of the Business Discovery House, but I did live on the “Business Floor” of my building. I imaging that a area of all business students would be nice and conductive to the academic experience as everyone can help motivate, study, learn together as they progress through RBS</p>
<p>UCCBoi so what are your plans now? Graduate school?</p>
<p>Rutgers business school is famous for flunking people. Just be careful there.</p>
<p>soccerguy what are you talking about.</p>
<p>A lot of bad professors according to my friends. You either have to be very smart or study like maniacs to get good grades there. I know lots of people who barely meet the minimum GPA to stay (2.5)</p>
<p>My son just finished his sophomore year. I think he had real complaints about 1 professor, and it didn’t impact his grade negatively. He utilizes office hours when he has a problem and many of his professors have been very supportive and helpful. They really don’t want to fail people.</p>
<p>Regarding low GPAs: I think you really have to start out strong in freshman year and try to get As in your electives as the business courses get progressively harder and it’s tough to make up a bad first semester or 2. If you are getting Cs or Ds in Planet Earth and Women, Culture and Society, things are not going to be any easier later on.</p>
<p>Are your friends doing all the reading, going to class, and studying on a regular basis? imo, that’s all you need to do well. Unfortunately, most people don’t want to do all 3 of those things at any one time. There is a lot of reading involved, and you have to keep up with the homework and do the extra credit, if offered. </p>
<p>I have my complaints about Rutgers but the Business school failing people for no reason is not one of them.</p>
<p>Yes. I do agree that you must get good grades in your prerequisites because eventually the classes will get much harder. Your son just finished his sophomore year which means he isn’t in the business school yet. Since he just finished his sophomore year, he probably just completed all of the prerequisites to get into the business school (financial accounting, stats,calc, etc). He probably isn’t having a hard time now but once he starts taking intermediate accounting, Accounting information system, and other upper level business courses, then you will see what I am talking about. I don’t know what your son’s major is but Accounting and Finance are the top 2 hardest business majors here in RBS.</p>
<p>And no I am not talking about friends who just party 24/7, skip classes, etc. They study like there is NO tomorrow and still ended up with mediocre grades. There are some who are doing well (I personally know him and he told me that he had taken the course somewhere else abroad) and that’s why he is doing well. If you look at the ratings of the business school professors, most of them are absolutely terrible. The people who struggled in the school are still in the business school because of the high GPA they got during pre-business.</p>
<p>Again, I know everyone is different but I am NOT making this up. Just a warning for those who is in the business school.</p>
<p>Also the business school just dropped the minimum GPA to stay in the school from 3.0 to a 2.5. Another evidence of what the school is like.</p>
<p>I love Rutgers but I am glad I’m not in the B-school</p>
<p>Ok I understand what you mean. I know AIS and Inter Acctng are supposed to be bad, but wouldn’t they adhere to the same grade distribution as prior acctng classes? I just can’t see them giving everyone Cs and Ds after curving. I just read one prof’s reviews on RMP: “do the homework, do the extra credit, the class is curved.” That sounds like all the rest of the classes he’s taken. Somebody else said 12 out of 142 people failed their AIS class. That sounds reasonable. Another person said ‘go to office hours, the teacher is very nice’. </p>
<p>I did tell my son to work hard on his early requirements so he would have some room for error. I’ll post my opinion about how it went next December. </p>
<p>btw even if you fail and have to take it over, chances are you are getting a C. I don’t see it ruining your GPA unless your GPA is borderline to begin with. Hence my advice to do well in your early classes.</p>
<p>bumppppp :)</p>