<p>My daughter was granted direct admit to CAS. She has a number of AP classes in HS. For those of you who have also received this award, what are your thoughts?</p>
<p>I’m a direct admit to Arts and Sciences. Current freshman.</p>
<p>It’s dumb. They say that you get to skip intro level classes (BS, everyone takes the same ones) ,have access to an advisor whenever you need them (BS, I always had to wait atleast a week) and that you can declare a major any time (so can everyone else…) but none of that holds true.</p>
<p>The only advantage is that you don’t need to worry about getting the 2.0 GPA freshman year to automatically get into CAS as a sophomore. But really, who can’t get a 2.0?</p>
<p>My son is a direct admit also. We were also curious about the advantages/privileges.</p>
<p>Thank you for your frank assessment, LoonLake. </p>
<p>Any other thoughts from someone?</p>
<p>That’s kinda what I thought. I’ll ask a few questions this weekend when IU visits Chicago for scholars day. I’ll let you know.</p>