<p>HI...i am a incoming lsa students and i am very interesting in business, i am not enough strong to get into the preadmit of ross, but i would try my best to get in in my freshman year?
please give me some tips to get in!
such as the courses i should take and the GPA i need
i read ROSS's website and know ECON101 and Math 115 are needed, and what else?
thank you very much!</p>
<p>To get into Ross, you must show that you have leadership/strong commitments to various extracurricular activities. Join many clubs and try to get an internship if possible (though it seems a little late). Ross looks far beyond grades when looking for the best applicants. They need to know if the student will actually survive in the business world. </p>
<p>as for gpa, the avg gpa is around 3.6-3.7 when applying to ross. It would be best to take econ101 and a math, plus a foreign language and a humanities/social science course.</p>
<p>for more info:
BBA</a> Admissions FAQ - Stephen M. Ross School of Business</p>
<p>I second j89 with the extracurricular activities. Of course, you need to do well with a hard course load, but the extracurricular activities will push you to get in.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter if you have an internship or regular summer job before your freshman year (or sophomore year, or junior year). Besides, the admissions counselors know that a high school senior doesn't have enough experience to do more than make copies and get coffee. So don't get caught up in the whole internship thing until after your junior year.</p>
<p>Try a balanced course schedule, which works on fulfilling your requirements. (One class of NS, SS, HU etc in addition to the foreign language). Try to take an upper level class or two to show the b school that you're willing to take the risk. Of course you'll have to well in these.. </p>
<p>Don't join too many clubs, join perhaps three and really commit yourself to these. You can write about one or two of them in your essays then. Start your essays early - Feb perhaps? so you have two months to steadily re edit them before the end of March, the application deadline, rolls around. And work out a steady and clear explanation as to just Why you want to study business.</p>
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<li><p>Polish your resume. This is the first thing that they look at. This should be no more than one page. Search the Bschool website for "OCD resume." Look for a PDF guide to crafting resumes. This is created by the office of career development(OCD) for bschoolers. </p></li>
<li><p>Extra curriculars- join some clubs that you are interested in. One of the new initiatives of the B-school is to focus on sustainability. Solar car team, International development fund (new organization), and Net Impact (corporate social responsibility oriented club) are all good organizations to join. Or you can try join a prebusiness fraternity: PCT and AKPsi are the predominate ones on campus. </p></li>
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<p>Your options are not limited to those above. do you what you are interested in. My ECs freshman year included participating in dance marathon, and being on hall council. </p>
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<li><p>GPA - try maintain at minimum a 3.6. I got in with a 3.4 but I maintained a challenging course load freshman year. </p></li>
<li><p>Classes - Challenge yourself. If you have AP credits for Econ 101 or Math 115, you're good, but not in the clear. Take Econ 102; this is part of the core BBA curriculum. I believe that BBAs are supposed to take it 1st semester of their sophomore year; which means you should take it second semester because i think the grades based on a curve. BBA's are insane and love curves. Maybe take Calc 2. It's not required but a good quantitative background never hurts. Plus for more advanced econ topics (which you generally wont take as a BBA), knowing calc 2 makes the math and derivatives a lot simpler. </p></li>
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<p>During my second semester freshman year, I took econ401. People told me I was nuts. It was/is still the hardest class ive taken at Umich so far. But also the most rewarding I think. Got a B+ in it, and i think that was a clincher for my bschool admission. </p>
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<li>Have good essays. Learn to communicate concisely.</li>
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<p>When I applied there were 3 main essay topics.</p>
<p>How will a BBA help you out with your future career goals? </p>
<p>How have you worked cooperative in a team? The B school loves group work and teams. </p>
<p>What activity, besides academics, have been the most meaningful to you and why?</p>
<p>Note: A resume is, these days, not required nor considered in the application process. </p>
<p>I don't about this focus on sustainability thing either, although it would be an interesting angle to come from, specially if you're interested in environmental studies.</p>