Re: Random Thought Thread (NSFW)
Well what I did was...
Summer before Freshman year, I took two Econ classes (Micro and Macro for Lower Division) and 2 General Ed classes. Then during both Freshman semesters I went to both my university and a community college by my house. That way I only took my majors courses (ALL of my lower division) at my primary university, and only my General Ed classes at the community college....I was taking double my classes, but I'm done with all the classes that have nothing to do with business, so now every class I take, everyday in school, it's strictly business...now I take less classes with a stronger business emphasis.
That's kind of similar to what I'm doing/going to do. My whole plan rides on the assumption that I get into the Rutgers Business School. The only way to get into the RU Business School is to go through the RU School of Arts and Sciences, which is where I'm currently enrolled. While in the School of Arts and Sciences, you must fulfill their graduation requirements (ie: minimum of two humanities, one natural science, one social science, one interdisciplinary etc). At the same time, you need to fulfill the entrance requirements for the RU Business School, which are rather straightforward; if you meet the requirements, you're in and if you fail to meet the requirements, then that sucks for you:
1) Maintain an overall 3.33 GPA.
2) Get a C or higher in: Intro to Microeconomics, Intro to Macroeconimcs, Intro to Financial Accounting, Intro to Stats for Business, Calc I, and a business computer course that I can't recall off the top of my head.
I currently have my Calc I credits from my AP exam last year, and I'm doing the Micro this semester. As I've indicated, I'm doing the Macro and Stats next semester. I can't do the Financial Accounting until my sophomore year. And I haven't checked the computer course, but I plan on doing it with the Financial Accounting course.
Once I fulfill those requirements, I can enroll in the Business School after my sophomore year. Once I'm in the Business School, it's solely business courses that I will be taking. So, basically, my last two years at Rutgers will be business requirements.
The big thing I've been focusing on is the 3.33 GPA. I can get that fairly easily, but I don't want to take any chances. Because if I fail to maintain that mark, I cannot get into the Business School and I'll be screwed (meaning I'll have to wait a whole extra year to apply). Because of this, I'm trying to take fairly easy requirement courses now (like the Environmental course), where I know I should do well. I also want to take some courses over the summer to get some of the requirements out of the way.
I also need to maintain an overall B average in order to keep my scholarship, which is something I didn't even think about until 2 weeks ago. This Calc II class I'm taking now is really killing me.
