<p>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. </p>
<p>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.</p>