International Studies major?

ilk07
Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:39:06 +0000

I’m a rising senior and an IS major. The major is difficult to get into, but certainly not impossible. The key is that you need a strong GPA. It helps to take principles of micro/macro or other relevant IS courses (and do well) your freshman year. I had a 3.868 when I was accepted, which takes a lot of work but, again, is certainly not impossible. When I applied the average GPA for those accepted was a 3.75. But keep in mind this is dragged down just a bit by pre-med IS majors. International experience has a limited impact on your application, as the amount of time people have spent abroad directly depends on what opportunities have been presented to you.

Honors has absolutely nothing to do with it. A lot of bright people are in honors so they get higher GPAs and therefore they get in. If you take 3-4 IS courses your freshman year and get above a 3.8, you’re pretty much in.