<p>DS3 will be a freshman at IU Kelley this fall. His schedule is as follows w/ satisfied requirements in parentheses:</p>
<p>BUS A 100 - Basic Accounting (I-core prereq)</p>
<p>BUS C 106 - Honors Business Presentations (I-core prereq)</p>
<p>BUS K 204 - Honors Excel (I-core prereq)</p>
<p>BUS T 175 - Kelley Compass: The Individual (I-core prereq)</p>
<p>HON H 233 - Great Authors, Artists, and Composers (Arts and Humanities)</p>
<p>HON H 241 - Introduction to History of the Universe (Seminar req.)</p>
<p>MATH M 301 or 303 - Linear Algebra (Math Minor)</p>
<p>Now, he also plans on being active in various business clubs and obtaining leadership positions, in order to be competitive for admittance into the Business Honors Program. On top of all this, he intends to rush a fraternity during fall semester. I am concerned that he may be biting off more than he can chew with this schedule/extracurricular combination. Based on any experiences taking these courses or participating in these activities, would anyone share my concern?</p>
<p>No worries about hijacking at all. Any comments that could spread knowledge are welcome!</p>
<p>Yes that would require additional tuition. Fortunately for him, and I understand this is not the case for the vast majority of people, the added cost wouldn’t be a factor to worry about.</p>
<p>Wow! That is quite the course load. Especially if he plans to be pledging a fraternity. Perhaps your son has spectacular time-management skills, but this schedule looks awfully difficult. Why not move one of the more challenging classes and replace it with an easier requirement?</p>
<p>That is quite the schedule. To be honest, after seeing how crazy it got schedule-wise for pledges last fall, I would be amazed if anyone could keep up their gpa with those courses while also pledging a frat. My advice would certainly be to tone down the schedule given how much he wishes to do in terms of extracurriculars. However, if he stays with it then thinks after a month or so that it is just too much, dropping one class for a W isn’t the worst thing in the world, much better than mediocre grades from being overworked.</p>
<p>Mom of an incoming freshman here, so I have absolutely no experience other than what I’ve read on this wonderful message board… But that schedule sure feels too full, even for a top student. Is there a particular reason why he wants to load up his schedule so much first semester? Can he move one of HON H 233 - Great Authors, Artists, and Composers or HON H 241 - Introduction to History of the Universe to 2nd semester? Just curious - is he taking Linear Algebra instead of Finite, or does he already have Finite under his belt? Wondering because my daughter’s advisor said 300-level Linear Algebra could fulfill the Kelley requirement for Finite and also count toward a math minor, which she’s also interested in pursuing.</p>
<p>C106 and K204 in the same semester will eat up a lot of his time for group work meetings, especially at the end of the semester. The other two honors classes probably won’t be that bad time-wise. A100 should definitely be first eight weeks. I know you son has the top scholarship at IU, so it is hard to give advice to students in that category. Congrats again!</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. I will discuss this with my son sometime; He may have been overconfident when picking his courses. </p>
<p>Sbtempytnest: I am not sure whether linear algebra can replace finite. I do know that M212(calc) is a prerequisite for linear. My son is currently taking finite at ivy tech this summer. Even if we had known that he could jump straight into linear algebra without the finite credit, I don’t know if he would have done it. Linear Algebra expands on many basic concepts in finite, like matrices, that he is unfamiliar with. However, if your daughter already has a solid background in such concepts, then I say go for it! Of course, provided that linear algebra actually can replace finite as a business prereq.</p>