Need advice on schedule for kelley standard admit.

bthomp1
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 04:40:11 +0000

Did you say you are taking K201 this semester instead of E201. I would definitely take E201 this semester; that way you can take G202 (a pretty easy two-credit class) in the Spring to use to apply to Kelley.

These are the only I-core prerequisites you need to apply as a standard admit to Kelley next Spring:

Fall
A100 – 1 cr.
E201 – 3 cr.
M118 – 3 cr.

Spring
K201 – 3 cr.
C104 – 3 cr.
G202 – 2 cr.

G202 will be much easier than A201 or other qualifying classes like E370. But you can’t take G202 unless you already have credit for E201; E201 is a prerequisite for G202.

A good plan for you would have been to take M118 and E201 at a cc before coming to IUB, and not sending your AP score so you could take M119 instead of M118. Maybe you could talk to Kelley about taking M119. Is it written in stone that you cannot? Maybe they see M119 as “business calculus” and M211 as more theoretical math class. Often you can find in schedules that credit cannot be given for a particular class if another class has already been taken, but I have not seen such a statement regarding M119 and M211. I guarantee you that many, many ill-advised IU students have been told to take M211 and dropped it, then wound up in M119 anyway.

Don’t think E201 will be easy at IUB. It is a sink or swim weed out class for Kelley hopefuls. You can look at some past tests at the link below for past exams.
http://mypage.iu.edu/~econcore/e201/e201.html

Also, I would not risk getting a grade less than a solid B by taking gen ed classes that may be difficult, as many religion and philosphy classes can be. You have plenty of time AFTER being accepted to Kelley to complete the pittance of gen ed classes that IUB requires of current students (once you account for the ones that double-count as Icore prerequistes, you will only need three classes maximum). You don’t need to risk you Kelley acceptance chances with hard gen eds. Right now, because of your late registration date, you won’t have many good gen ed options. You will probably leap frog much of the freshman class, however, with the ten credits you have now when registration for Spring classes begins in November. You will register before all freshman who come in with nine credits or fewer, and that is a lot of people that you can beat to the next round of gen ed offerings.