<p>Hazzardis, your schedule looks extremely tough for someone who is trying to get into IBW. Getting in is probably way more about interviewing/networking/EC’s than about grades (assuming you have a minimum of 3.5, which should be very easy to do for a direct admit). A lot of people who are accepted to IBW have gpa’s below 3.7 but are outstanding in other ways. There are more than 700 finance majors in each graduating class at Kelley, but only about fifty get into one of the two IBW workshops. You need strong EC’s your first two years at Kelley, including joining the Investment Banking Club, being a peer tutor in K201 or X201, and dance marathon and a position in dorm government can be pluses, too. The AP credits you have coming to IUB gives you the luxury of taking relatively light class schedules if you are inclined to immerse yourself in EC’s, etc. You can look at the resumes of IB track members for the last two years at
<a href=“The Investment Banking Network at Indiana University”>http://kelley.iu.edu/IBN/IBW/workshop.cfm</a></p>
<p>17.5 credits with the classes you are scheduled to take will make finding time for EC’s difficult, especially with K204 and C106 in one semester. Also, S118 seems like a big risk to take, with lots of downside and not a whole lot of upside. The class was only offered once in the last four fall and spring semesters, so it is not like students or anyone else sees it as very valuable. It has withdrawl rates of 20-30%, which is way too high for an honors class. Any grade less that an A or A- will seriously hurt your gpa if you have business honors aspirations, especially since S118 is a four-credit class. And of course there are much less time-consuming options for fulfilling the M118 requirement than a four-credit class. I think you could stay plenty busy if you got the M118 requirement out of the way after your first semester at IUB. </p>
<p>A good class that you can take as a freshman or sophomore that will help for IBW is BUS-G 345 MONEY, BANKING & CAPTL MARKETS (3 CR) if you scored high on the AP econ exam. G345 can be applied as an upper-level finance major class and the only prerequisites are E201 and E202.</p>
<p>Are you also an accounting major? If so, taking A205 and A207 may slow your progress in getting upper-level accounting courses completed, as these courses are difficult to get into and are often offered only once per year. A311 and almost every upper-level accounting class can be taken before Icore, but not until you have taken Intro financial accounting and intro managerial accounting. Taking at least A311 before the Icore semester/Fall jr year internship recruiting semester can be a big plus for accounting majors and finance majors, too. Also, if you are not an accounting major, you have the option of taking A310 MGMT DECISIONS & FINANCL RPTG (3 CR) and A324 and A327 immediately after completing intro financial accounting and intro managerial accounting (A310, A324 and A327 are required of all finance majors who are not also majoring in accounting).</p>
<p>So, with all the gen eds you have out of the way already, you can take G345 and upper level accounting classes (or A310) your first two years at Kelley. </p>