<p>Can someone give me a heads up as to how competitive it is to get into the WFU undergrad business program?
I understand it is a very competitive program, I just wanted some details as to what the "average" accepted applicant looked liked(grade wise, etc.)</p>
<p>Hello! Business school student here.</p>
<p>Wake’s business program is a two year program (or three if you are doing accounting or fin/m). You apply during your sophomore year. Several other top business schools have this format, including UVA. </p>
<p>Before applying you must take some sort of calculus (depending on what you place into), introduction to economics, and accounting. You must receive a C or better in these classes (shouldn’t be too difficult if you’re a prospective business major anyway). Accounting is the hardest of the three and you take it first semester sophomore year. </p>
<p>To get into the business school, you must maintain a reasonable GPA. I forget the cut off but it’s around a 3.0 I believe? Plus those three courses I mentioned before and then you write an essay about why you want to be in the business school. You should also be most of the way if not all of the way through your divisional classes while applying.</p>
<p>Most people who apply get in, some get deferred, few get denied anymore because they usually just give up after accounting, although if you aren’t passing accounting you probably wouldn’t fare well in the b-school anyway.</p>
<p>Getting in is one thing, staying in is another. I’m not going to lie - it’s hard work - but I think it prepares you well for the future and Wake is making and maintaining powerful connections with great companies so job placement is good and only getting better. </p>
<p>If you have any more specific questions please ask.</p>
<p>when you say you have to take “calculus (depending on what you place into), introduction to economics, and accounting,” you mean you take them in the first two years at Wake not in high school right?
Do you know the typical acceptance rate into the program?
thanks!</p>
<p>Most students who are on the path for Calloway would take calculus freshman year at Wake - unless you place out with AP credit. You would typically take Economics in the spring of freshman year and accounting in the fall of sophomore year. As pinkcupcake explained - the accounting class in particular is a “weed-out” class. I believe my son told me that about 1/3 of his accounting class dropped the class - and gave up on Calloway - after the mid-term. So - if you survive those courses and have a decent GPA - you should get into Calloway. The key is doing well in those intro classes.</p>
<p>Got it. Thank you both!</p>
<p>I took ACC 111 this past semester and honestly don’t know why it gets such a bad reputation around campus as a “weed-out” class. Two of the three exams were far easier than I expected and the third wasn’t that challenging either. From what I remember at the business school sophomore orientation, they usually accept around 50% the first time around and defer many kids who haven’t yet taken all of the required classes. You should aim for around a 3.2 to get in.</p>
<p>My son also was comfortable with ACC 111 - but many kids really struggle with it. He told me that after the mid-term - after many kids had dropped the class - the professor spoke to the remaining students about having empathy for those who had dropped the class and being sensitive to their disappointment. Perhaps you missed those comments.</p>
<p>Deacs123 - Accounting was allegedly much easier this year than in past years (i.e. the first exam average was in the 90s whereas when I took accounting the average was probably a 70). This means good things for future Calloway kids. </p>
<p>That being said, it still is NOT an “easy class”.</p>
<p>Bus 201 is the weed out class - first class you take once in calloway. 231 and 111 are a joke.</p>
<p>@saketm: *BEM 201. And for anyone who is curious, that is Quantitative Analysis I. </p>
<p>ACC 111 isn’t a joke and you should not treat it as such. That is all.</p>