<p>Hello guys, next fall I might be going to IUB as a Finance major and I would like to know how difficult are the classes there and how hard/easy its to get and maintain a high GPA 3.6+?</p>
<p>Like all other business majors you will have to take all the prerequisites freshman and sophomore year, many of which students find challenging as I am sure you have read. You won’t actually be talking major classes until junior year for the finance major. </p>
<p>With that said, it all depends on the amount of work you put it. It certainly is attainable though. A schedule load of 15 credits (5 classes worth 3cr each) will result in a GPA of 3.8 if you got one B and 4 As. </p>
<p>You can search for grade distribution below:</p>
<p><a href=“http://gradedistribution.registrar.indiana.edu/gradedist.php?dept=BUS&subject=f&crse=305&clsnbr=&instrname=&report_selection=gradedist&search_process=go”>http://gradedistribution.registrar.indiana.edu/gradedist.php?dept=BUS&subject=f&crse=305&clsnbr=&instrname=&report_selection=gradedist&search_process=go</a></p>
<p>The average finance course has 10% students getting A’s. The average class GPA is 3.0. I would not think it is easy to get 4 A’s and 1B in junior and senior years. Average GPA for finance seniors is around 3.3. Most would need to build some cushion before taking i-core. </p>
<p>I agree with ace. My comment was demonstrating that it is challenging but attainable to do through the prereqs. I failed to elaborate on courses junior and senior year, but ace is spot on with the assessment. </p>
<p>Viking,</p>
<p>It is interesting. Kelley’s junior/senior classes are more grade deflating than those from chem/biol. Some accounting jobs require major GPA of 3.0. If that were true across the board, half of the Kelley accounting seniors would have trouble finding an accounting job. It is my opinion that professors in upper level business classes should lighten up a little. </p>
<p>I recall that someone asked about pursuing pre-med as a Kelley student. That would be difficult getting hit by the lower level science pre-med courses and then getting hit again by the upper level Kelley courses. </p>
<p>It is infinitely easier for direct admits than standard admits to have high gpa’s at graduation if they take all the transferable Icore prerequisites at community college in the summer before starting at IUB and after freshman summer (and sophomore summer, if you need to). These typically are finite, calculus, L201, microecon, macroecon, W131. For out of state students, you can also take A201 and A202 (Chicago area students do this alot) and transfer those to IUB (IUB won’t accept Ivy Tech credit for A201 and A202.) Take A100 and E270 (instead of E370 at IUB) at IUPUI if you live near Indianapolis for relatively easy A’s (and I think most of the regional IU campuses offer E270). My son took finite, calculus, L201, AST A100 (physical sci requirement) microecon, and macroecon at Ivy Tech (all transferred to IUB with no effect on IUB gpa); A100 and E270 at IUPUI, and W131 in an easy class at his high school. He had a 3.9 gpa going into Icore. Non-honors Icore and all the accounting and finance upperlevels are very tough grading, so the key to a high gpa, like posters have said here, is a high gpa going into Icore. Taking these classes at cc in summer will greatly reduce your stress and your course load in fall and spring in Bloomington, and give you more time for ECs and networking than if you were taking 16-17 credits a semester. </p>
<p>If you are not a direct admit, you have to take some Icore prerequisites at IUB. However, with good planning, based on current standard admission rules, you would only have to take two of them (finite or calculus; and A100) to be able to apply to Kelley. Finite or calculus, K201, A100, G202 (E201 is prerequisite, but it can be from a community college), and C104 are all you need to apply standard admission, along with 14 more college credits. A100, G202, and C104 are not even that difficult.</p>