<p>Well, a lot of people who test into honors finite have trouble with honors finite. Last Fall’s entering honors class started with 59 students, who I am assuming all tested into finite honors; 18 withdrew, 16 got a solid B, and five got less than that. Any of those grades would not be good for your pursuit of the 3.7. (Two solid A’s and one solid B comes out to only 3.66; so a B in Finite you would have to make up with seven credits of solid A’s-- usually not easy to do). And, if you withdrew, you would have to pick up another class for second eight weeks to get to the 14 credits needed to apply to Hutton. I just think it is an unnecessary risk, considering that it might cost you admission to Hutton, which is a very nice perk if you can get it. Any grade less than A- will hurt you for Hutton. </p>
<p>I know you are not taking honors finite, but all those students who had trouble with S118 probably thought that they would breeze through it, since then tested into it. A lot of smart kids take finite their first Fall semester at IU, because you can’t test out of finite. That makes the competition much tougher than your average class, and add to it that finite is difficult content, which a lot of people just are not “wired” to do. You can always take finite after you get into Hutton. I think the competition might be less in Spring, after a lot of freshman direct admits have taken it (although alot of direct admits probably take it at cc in summer if it is offered where they live). You won’t get penalized for taking it at cc if you want to protect your IU gpa.</p>
<p>[Bloomington</a> Campus Grade Distribution Report](<a href=“http://registrar.indiana.edu/gradedist/4118_report2a.html#BL-MATHhttp://registrar.indiana.edu/gradedist/4118_report2a.html#BL-MATH]Bloomington”>http://registrar.indiana.edu/gradedist/4118_report2a.html#BL-MATHhttp://registrar.indiana.edu/gradedist/4118_report2a.html#BL-MATH)</p>