What's the workload at Ross like?

<p>I've been hearing that it's pretty darn easy, can anyone corroborate on this?</p>

<p>very light</p>

<p>Overall workload i would say is intermediate between engineering and non math/hard science lsa majors, though obviously your choice of non-ross classes influences this a good deal. As far as grading goes, its very hard to get below a 3.1/3.2 but also takes some extra work to get 3.8+ (grades are pretty heavily clustered in the 3.3-3.7 range).</p>

<p>very light</p>

<p>Thats B.S…Work is AVERAGE, but competition is FIERCE.</p>

<p>It seems like the workload once you are in Ross is pretty manageable, but how hard is it to earn a 3.7 or so during freshman year to actually get into the business school?</p>

<p>^I heard it is pretty hard because both calculus I and econ 101 at U of M are super weed out courses. And both are one of the requirements for ross</p>

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<p>I doubt either of these courses weed out anyone.</p>

<p>Econ 101 was a pain last semester actually. >_></p>

<p>“I doubt either of these courses weed out anyone.”</p>

<p>I bet they give Bs to people really hoping for As, and Cs to people really hoping for Bs though.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure everyone is ‘hoping’ for an A (or perhaps a B). I don’t really see the point to your statement. If you have a C student complaining about not getting a B, and a B student complaining about not getting an A, I really don’t see a problem (except for an unjustified sense of entitlement)…</p>

<p>My point was exactly what I said. I imagine people had certain grades in mind that they thought they could get, and then did worse. Classes where that happens the most are the ones that are most *****ed about, right?</p>

<p>workload is light. getting a high gpa is much harder than most majors at lsa.</p>

<p>bschool students think its tough, “i’m in the bschool, so it’s really tough”</p>

<p>but that’s because they haven’t seen engineering.</p>

<p>I’ve seen both. I’m a business major with a CS minor.</p>

<p>The workload at the B-School is less compared to engineering, but competition is much more intense. Everyone at the B-School is clustered at the top, so if you make a mistake on a B-School exam, it can drop your grade a lot.</p>

<p>With engineering, the workload is greater, but if you put in the time and effort, you’ll get an A.</p>

<p>How does it compare to being a math major?</p>

<p>Crap, that’s not what I wanted to hear… It looks like I’m going to have to work extra hard to be near the top after all, even with a light workload.</p>

<p>@strife15
I’d imagine that the math major has to do a lot more (and a lot more harder) work than the business major.</p>

<p>If you think you’re going to come in, not work hard, and graduate at the top of your class, well, you’re an idiot.</p>

<p>Love the hyperbole.</p>

<p>Keywords in my post: “extra” + “near.”</p>

<p>Read more carefully before you decide to implicitly disparage me next time.</p>

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<p>Nah. Engineering courses are on a strict curve, for the first few years. You can put in all the time and effort you want, but if you don’t end up in the top 10%, no A.</p>