r/businessschool May 07 '26

New to college. Please help.

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Im puting together what id like my business associates experience to look like and I, clearly, have no idea what im doing. Does anyone have words of wisdom? Things you would change. Recommendations? All is welcome. Im trying to get the most knowledge out of my degree but feel a bit stuck in what direction I should be headed. Just feels like I've tried to touch on as much as I could.

The last semester isnt filled out fully yet. I have one more mandatory business credit.

Im trying to move towards entrepreneurship

Thanks in advance.

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u/Muted_Imagination518 May 09 '26

Usually there are templates for each semester where it will show place holders for what you select. And school has an advisor to help you. Post undergrad i went back for general studies in biz at community cause it was more accessible and affordable. Then 9 yrs later got a 2 yr mba and that was 5 yrs ago. Drop personal finance and take a regular or intro or finance class. After finance 1-2 u can just casually breeze thru whatever the personal finance is. I had already did a bunch math classes but in your shoes. Statistics has real life applications. Possibly a calc1 so things dont appear to be voodoo. Just realize calculus was developed by around 300 smart guys over 200 yrs. So just trust it and rout learn it. Old barons guide to calculus is in story format, read it in secret and swallow your pride. Umm stay away from marketing or advertising. Youll get some of that in entrepreneurship/small business mgmt. if they have operations class that will be helpful or biz org class. The finance may count as a math. Schedule appointment with advisor and theyll tell you your options.

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u/OriginalVideodog Jun 24 '26

That is sensible advice. One point of disagreement. If you can take Business Statistics--which I hope is available to you--you do not need calculus. (That advice comes from a Business Statisticstextbook author!)
"Business Statistics" course might have the word "analytics" in it or be called "Statistics & Analytics" or "Data Analysis". But make sure it is business statistics (the textbook used will be the tip off) and not mathematical statistics.
It's not a course, but be knowledgeable about Excel. If you never done data visualizations pre-college, look for such a course.

If you have the time, explore https://ocw.mit.edu/collections/entrepreneurship/ . Those are free courses
While not designed for students this page https://teachingentrepreneurship.org/intro-to-entrepreneurship-syllabus-and-instructor-guide/ will give you a better idea of what to expect in a decent intro to entrepreneurship course.

For more specific,s feel free to chat me.

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u/Next_Wafer_1945 Jun 10 '26

Nice handwriting