<p>If you upperclassman could start IU from scratch, do you have any suggestions about specific courses, orientation or other general info you would like to share??</p>
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<li>Use grade distribution and rankmyprofessor to search for classes.</li>
<li>Don’t take BUS-A 325 with Campbell</li>
<li>Plan out your academics (decide what you want to major in and make sure you can fit all the required classes to accomplish your major/minor)</li>
<li>If you can’t get an internship freshman summer, take classes at a local CC</li>
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<li><p>BUS-A 100 is not as bad as everyone thinks it is. As long as you do plenty of practice tests, and come in for help when you need it, you’ll be fine.</p></li>
<li><p>Like maxellis said, definately use the grade distribution and rank my professor to fine the best professor for each class.</p></li>
<li><p>Also, find out from upperclassmen and other students which classes/teachers they recommend</p></li>
<li><p>You get used to walking, trust me.</p></li>
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<li><p>Grade distribution is the best thing ever invented. USE IT. As everyone else has said.</p></li>
<li><p>Being in University Division sucks, so if you’re not a DA into whatever school you applied to, work hard so you can get in ASAP. </p></li>
<li><p>Walking really isn’t that bad. Especially because the bus system isn’t that great.</p></li>
<li><p>Gresh is yucky but you only have to deal for a year. Make the trek to Wright, it’s worth it.</p></li>
<li><p>If you’re a girl, sign up for rush and at least go through 19 Party for the experience. It’s fun and crazy and great practice for interviews. You WILL make new friends, I promise, even if you don’t end up going through the whole process. I made 4 new friends from my walk-around group during rush who I still talk to even though we all ended up in different sororities (and 1 dropped out of rush).</p></li>
<li><p>Four words: Memory foam mattress topper. I think my dorm bed is comfier than my bed at home, and my bed at home is pretty luxurious.</p></li>
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<p>Why does it suck?</p>
<p>(1) Try not to take any classes early in the morning. It can be difficult to get buses at that hour–and if the first one is full, you may have to wait extra time (which means missing your class or being late to it that day).</p>
<p>(2) Stay focused–it is easy to take it easy just because many other people do.</p>
<p>(3) Make use of the resources available. There are tutors for free, classes to help with writing assignments, and a great career center that often gets overlooked by OOS students. I know that I wish my son would use the career center more rather than waiting until he gets home or using only networking. It has worked out for him the past two years, but I think that is the exception rather than the rule.</p>
<p>(4) Make friends. Don’t always wait for others to reach out to you–reach out to them. It is a crowded school and many come in already with their own cliques in place, but you should try to find the group that works for you–both for support and as a social outlet.</p>
<p>(5) Be active socially and academically. There is so much to do at IU-B from both an academic event and social event basis. Get involved with some of both. It helps keep you from being bored and it helps you decide what you’d like to be active in even after leaving the school.</p>
<p>(6) Have fun. Yes, you have to do well in school–but you also deserve to have fun in your life. Balance is what it is all about; and</p>
<p>(7) Contact your parents occasionally–especially the first year. Remember that they are used to seeing you everyday, so when you first leave and go to IU-B they are going to suffer from loneliness, the same as you. Contact them a bit that first semester–and realize that by the second semester and the later years, they will need less contact with you (and you with them) and that it is normal to feel this initial loneliness on both of your parts.</p>
<p>Cody2010, my friends in UD say that the advisers are not very good for them - bad advice, poor planning for their intended major, etc. You also get later registration dates for classes when in UD so the classes you want are frequently filled up by the time you can register.</p>
<p>The later registration dates have nothing to do with University Division. Registration time/date is based upon completed credit hours. My D was UD because she was undecided about her major. If she was a business major she would have been a direct admit. She registered on the same date or earlier than many of her floor mates on an honors floor (which includes a number of direct admits) because she came into IU with credits. </p>
<p>College is not high school. Although advising is important, the number one person responsible for understanding graduation requirements is the student.</p>
<p>If we have a later orientation date (I’m registered for the LAST one) and are in University Division, are we pretty much gonna get screwed over when it comes to getting the classes we want? Or do they set aside seats for those of us who register later?</p>
<p>All,</p>
<p>What is “intensive writing” for science majors? How is it different from the following two?</p>
<p>ENG-W 143 INTERDISCIP STUDY EXPOS WRTNG
ENG-W 170 INTRO TO ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>ace–an “intensive writing” course is a COAS requirement. I don’t know if science majors require a particular course be used for the intensive writing requirement. The intensive writing courses are not necessarily English classes but are often subject matter classes where “intensive writing” is required. The class counts as in intensive writing course and as a distribution credit. For example there are my D is taking a seminar this semester that counts as her intensive writing requirement and is counted as one of her social science classes. The class schedule identifies courses and which sections of a course count as an intensive writing course. </p>
<p>Here are the intensive writing courses next fall:
[Special</a> Course Listing](<a href=“http://registrar.indiana.edu/specialcourse/wwwsess_falli.html]Special”>http://registrar.indiana.edu/specialcourse/wwwsess_falli.html)</p>
<p>You’ll notice that all are 200 and above level classes. The two classes you mentioned don’t count as intensive writing classes.</p>
<p>Cody–IU does save seats for UD students, but those do fill up during the earlier orientation times. It’s likely you will get the courses you need, but you may not get the times you prefer. You can also waitlist classes and use drop/add as spaces become available.</p>
<p>That’s not fair actually. Can we change our orientation date? Because I don’t wanna take longer than 4 years to graduate just because I couldn’t get the classes I needed freshman year…</p>
<p>rrah and All,</p>
<p>Thanks for the link. I have bookmarked it.</p>
<p>A science student has to take some Topics courses, intensive writing, and distribution courses. Would you please list a few professors (& course) who have been helpful to inspire students in
social/historical studies and humanities. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Cody–I don’t know about changing dates. Last year my daughter was given a 2 or 3 week time span during which she could choose the orientation dates that fit her schedule. She selected the earliest time that worked for her. You will have to contact IU about changing your date. Just imagine you are a senior. It’s important to register early so that you can get the last classes you need for graduation. </p>
<p>Are you coming into IU with any credits? Virtually every major at IU requires 30 or more general ed credits. Few of these requirements are met with a specific course. You will have LOTS of choices for meeting these requirements and are sure to find interesting courses. Even at the end of orientation last year students were able to sign up for W131, M118, etc. It might have been an early class, but they did get into the classes they needed. As I said before, once you attend orientation you can waitlist classes. If there are openings you can change your schedule via drop/add. </p>
<p>Ace–there are dozens of courses, and they change from year to year, semester to semester. D did enjoy a Sociology class that explored Sports and Athletics. (It was just a social science class) Her foreign language classes have counted as a humanities credit. There are dozens of history classes. Lots of options.</p>
<p>IU-B offers over 5000 different course sessions each semester. There are about 80 offerings of the English Composition course (ENGL-W131) alone. You’ll find something worth registering for.</p>
<p>Thanks for all this info. My son is deciding between IU and UC Santa Barbara He would be a direct admit to the journalism school. UCSB does not have journalism, only communication. i know he has some tests at orientation that he will have to take, does anyone know anything about these? Any one know anything about the journalism classes?</p>
<p>Fran, I am a freshman journalism major. What would you like to know? Freshman year, there are four courses that most people in the j-school take - J110 (Intro to Journalism), J155 (a 1-cred., online research techniques course), J200 (Reporting, Writing, and Editing), and J210 (Visual Communication). I have had a wonderful experience with all courses. The professors have been fantastic and I really like the approach that the j-school has towards the changing market. Please let me know if you have any more questions!</p>
<p>there is a required math placement exam at freshmen orientation, and many people also take a language placement exam. I do not remember if this is required or not, but most students take one. There are also some optional placement exams, and a passing score means that the student will not have to take this class. I believe there is one for calculus and biology; possible a few others as well.</p>
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<li><p>Rush Freshman year ( I rushed Soph Year, but rushing freshman year is prime, even if just for the experience)</p></li>
<li><p>Make Sure you do grade distributions, ESPECIALLY for Gen Ed requirement classes</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t be a dorm / study nut, go out and meet people. Its clutch freshman year. Having a social life is a key part of college.</p></li>
<li><p>Do well Freshman / Sophmore year so when ICORE comes around, you get a nice little cushion for the drop thats going to happen.</p></li>
<li><p>Manage your time well! And watch what you are eating and work out a lot. Dont gain that 15</p></li>
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<p>For future Kelley students:</p>
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<li><p>Be sure to get into Hutton if invited. H203 and H204 classes are awesome gpa builders for the 27 credit hour core, and being in Hutton will allow you to take the twice-a-week meeting and grade inflated equivalents of K204, X202, A201, and A202 even if you don’t make it into Kelley honors.</p></li>
<li><p>If you live near Indianapolis, take A100 at IUPUI the summer before you go start at IU, and take E270 at IUPUI (it counts for ECON E370) in one of your pre-I-Core summers.</p></li>
<li><p>If you are an accounting major, think about taking A329 (tax) in the 2 1/2 week Summer Intensive Session 1 the summer before I-Core. Get this weed out class of the way quickly with no other classes to distract you.</p></li>
<li><p>Throw in the occasional HPER or other type of one-credit class, maybe take it P/F, something interesting to break up the monotony of hard classes. Especially if you are aiming at 150 credits for accounting majors.</p></li>
<li><p>Look at taking some of the large gpa killing classes like finite, calculus, macro and micro at cc during the summer. These classes can be tough and taking them in 200-300 student sections and doing well when only 5-10% of the students will get an A takes a lot of discipline, talent, and even luck. </p></li>
<li><p>Don’t take more than one these classes in the same semester: X104, X205, K204, X202. These classes have lots of group assignments, and taking any two of them the same semester can cause scheduling conflicts.</p></li>
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