<p>I want to go to Indiana and I got a decent scholarship but being oos, I don't know if DA to Kelley is really worth it. </p>
<p>It seems to me the only difference is direct admits have to pay an extra 1,000 their first year?</p>
<p>Is this wrong? If so, what is the advantage to being a direct admit to Kelley?</p>
<p>It is great to be a DA to Kelley because there is a lot of weight off of your shoulders for your first year. If you have a rough time adjusting to college you still know that you are already in the B school. That is not the case for a lot of the people aspiring to be in business.</p>
<p>I agree with aotto8900, and it is also something you can list on your resume, “Kelley Direct Admit: Admitted into business school as a freshman for high GPA and standardized test scores.”</p>
<p>I agree with the first person that it alleviates a lot of stress and allows you more lee-way as far as slipping up in your first semester.</p>
<p>However, if you can survive and do well in M118, K201, A100 and E201, it doesn’t make a huge difference whether you’re a D.A. or not. You’ll be accepted into Kelley and be on the exact same page as, if not ahead of, the kids who were direct admits and not required to take all those horrible classes their freshman year.</p>
<p>Freshmen tend to underestimate how tough the non-honors versions of finite, calculus, microeconomics and the computer in business in the massive sections will be. These are huge classes where you basically sink or swim in order to get the B, although you can get help if you put in the time to find it and can squeeze the help into your schedule. Mess up once on the mid term or the final in any of these classes and it can make admission to Kelley very tough to do. It can be very costly for OOS students who spend tons of money their freshman year but don’t get in. Non direct admits should aim for the minimum required class requirements to apply to Kelley and take easy electives to fulfill a lot of the distribution option requirements during freshman year. *They really can’t keep you out if you take the minimum hours required to apply and get all solid Bs and above in W131, K201, X100, and finite OR calculus, and your electives. * Take X104 for the easy B your freshman year along with the ones mentioned above. Take CSCI A100 your fall semester to get a systematic intro to the material covered in K201 and for the easy N&M credit, then take K201 spring semester. Take X100 and then only one of finite or calculus-- that is all Kelley requires. Compare Fall 2009 grade distributions for X100, finite, and calculus and decide which two you would rather take. 70 percent get a solid B or higher in X100. B or higher in finite and calculus is much, much lower percentage. <a href=“http://www.iub.edu/~registra/gradedist/4098_report2a.html[/url]”>http://www.iub.edu/~registra/gradedist/4098_report2a.html</a> Taking both finite and calculus freshman year is not necessary. You can save one of these classes and microeconomics for cc in the summer or your sophomore year at IU after you get accepted. Of course, direct admit is the way to go if you can get it, and anybody who is close to the minimum requirements should appeal and hope they get accepted.</p>
<p>Don’t DA’s have to take all those classes still though? One girl on my floor is a DA to Kelley and she took K201 and A100 last semester and is taking M118 this coming semester. I think that really the best part of being a DA is not having to worry about getting a solid B or above average, because getting into Kelley is really tough with W’s and B-s and below. </p>
<p>I’ll be honest, I didn’t think the classes could be THAT hard (I’m not in or looking to get into Kelley, btw)… but everyone I know has struggled with A100, K201, or M118/119 at some point. I myself took M118 before dropping it right before the midterm, and all I can say is that they really do a fabulous job of weeding out potential Kelley admits. Those classes are tough, and you REALLY cannot afford to screw up. Unfortunately many have switched their majors or are choosing to get a business degree through SPEA instead. I’ve watched M118 and A100 be the bane of many people’s Kelley dreams, and it’s only been 1 semester.</p>
<p>The majority of my part of my floor is trying to get in and they’re all stressed out about it, and some had to give up because of K201, M118, and/or A100. And seeing this definitely makes me appreciate being a DA. Everybody is basically taking the same classes, with a few differences, but everybody will be at or pretty close to the same level in terms of classes taken.</p>
<p>hi<em>im</em>leila, yeah they do, but to apply to Kelley as a non-DA you have to take all those classes as a freshman. Where as if you were a DA, you could take them whenever convenient.</p>
<p>I got all A’s/A-'s with a D+ in K201. I honestly have a problem with K201 because it assumes that everyone’s already somewhat computer saavy. And if you’re not good with computers, you’re pork roasted from day one and there’s no coming back. So basically anyone who wants to be in Kelley but isn’t the best with computers is royally ****ed.</p>
<p>It is good to take CSCI A110 during the fall semester, then take K201 spring semester. A110 is a good introduction to excel and access. And it is probably the easiest grading N&M class (52% of the students who did not drop the class got an A or A+ in Fall 2009 semester) at IU. You can only get N&M credit from Kelley, however, if you take A110 first (“CSCI-A 110 may count as N&M only if it is taken before BUS-K 201.” (RQ 15073) This rule may be different for 2010 entering freshmen, as this info is taken from the One Start account of a 2008 freshman and the 2010 Kelley Bulletin does not mention A110).</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/a110/[/url]”>https://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/a110/</a></p>
<p>i also did very poorly in K201 (C) and A100 was hard the first 8 weeks and i quit, and the second 8 weeks my mom wouldnt let me withdraw so I failed it. You need to take A100 at IUPUI, the bloomington version is a sick joke.</p>