<p>I know the priority deadline was February 1st, but I applied today (it won't be complete til the end of the month though). Will I have trouble getting in? (I do have above-average scores for Indiana, 31 ACT and 3.4GPA)</p>
<p>They'll see your ACT and let you in.</p>
<p>Why did you wait so late?</p>
<p>I was counting on getting into Illinois (Champaign), where it'd be a whole lot cheaper, but I got waitlisted the other day, so I had to do a last minute scramble. Really wish I had applied here earlier though</p>
<p>Right, that's why you didn't think of it until you got waitlisted which is like being put in no man's land.</p>
<p>Ahhh, the old "I didn't apply to a safety school".</p>
<p>Right.....the safety school that has had a 20% increase in apps this year. Good luck Mr. I planned ahead.</p>
<p>Semester grades bring my unweighted GPA up to 3.51. So since I meet the Keller direct admission requirments, would they offer me direct admission, or is it to late for that?</p>
<p>Just do it. Every single second you're spending on here talking to us is a waste. You're late, and you will find yourself at a CC or taking a year off if you don't start doing your applications.</p>
<p>I already did (Last Thursday)</p>
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IU faculty OK tougher admission policy
Entry guidelines would include higher class rankings and more math and science</p>
<p> Proposed admission changes </p>
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<p>Faculty leaders at Indiana University-Bloomington unanimously approved a plan Tuesday to toughen undergraduate admission guidelines for the first time in nearly two decades.</p>
<p>Looking for a better class of students</p>
<p>Current guidelines
Indiana students who graduate in top 50% of class.
Out-of-state students who graduate in top 33%.
Credits: Students with two in science, six in math and four in social sciences.</p>
<p>Proposed guidelines
Indiana students who graduate in top 40% of class.
Out-of-state students who graduate in top 30%.
Credits: Students with six in science, seven in math and six in social sciences.</p>
<p>Admission standards at other state schools in Indiana</p>
<p>Indiana State University
The university in Terre Haute switched a year and a half ago from generally accepting students in the top half of their high school classes to the top 40 percent. The university has a second admissions program that admits students who haven't completed Core 40 diploma requirements on a conditional basis, in which they enter a special program that includes a highly structured freshman year.</p>
<p>Purdue University
The West Lafayette university doesn't base admissions decisions on class rank. Instead the school uses a formula based on test scores, essays, grades in degree-related classes and other factors. On average, Purdue students graduate in the top 30 percent of their high school classes.</p>
<p>Ball State University
The University in Muncie doesn't base admissions decisions on class rank. Instead, it looks at test scores, grades and performance in college-preparation programs. On average, BSU freshmen graduate in the top 40 percent of their high school classes.</p>
<p>The proposal, which includes a new foreign language component, better grades and more math and science coursework, would take effect in 2011, pending approval from IU's trustees.
IU is the least selective school in the Big Ten in terms of undergraduate admissions, according to a 2005 Carnegie Foundation report. SAT scores among Bloomington freshmen last year were the lowest among conference schools that use the test. About one of every seven incoming Bloomington freshmen last fall had to take remedial math.
The proposal approved Tuesday does not change the guidelines for SAT or ACT scores. But some faculty members expect that tougher guidelines in other areas -- including a minimum B average in college prep courses -- will have a ripple effect.
"By focusing on more rigorous curriculum, we'll get students with better test scores," said Robert Kravchuk, who teaches in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
The faculty members, who have been working on the plan for years, debated the matter for nearly 90 minutes before voting.
Supporters said the tougher guidelines would not lead to a significant dip in enrollment. William Wheeler, a mathematics professor and one of the drafters of the proposal, said an improvement in IU's reputation could draw more than enough top-flight high school seniors to make up for the loss of those who fail to win admission under the new rules.
For those not admitted, Wheeler said, there are the university's branch campuses, and also Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana. Current IU admission standards, which were last updated in 1987, pertain to all campuses. The proposal to toughen IU-Bloomington's standards is part of a larger process in which each campus will develop its own set of requirements.
Next the measure goes to the university's board of trustees, which has final approval. The trustees could vote on it at their next meeting, set for March 2.
Several trustees have expressed support for beefing up the university's admissions guidelines. The board chairman, Steve Ferguson, helped draft the plan.
This proposal is the latest attempt at raising standards at IU. The trustees heard recommendations this month from interim chancellor Kenneth Gros Louis that would have slightly raised minimum SAT scores of incoming students.
The faculty went further, proposing preference be given to Indiana students in the top 40 percent of their high school class instead of the top half.
Out-of-state students would be expected to be in the top 30 percent instead of the top 33 percent.
Their proposal would give preference to high school students with a B average, or a 3.0 average on a 4-point scale. Currently, there is no grade point average specified for would-be students.
Last week the Bloomington Faculty Council further stiffened its proposal by adding two semesters of science, or six semesters in all. Six is the amount to be required by state law beginning in 2011, following the Indiana General Assembly's passage of the more demanding Core 40 high school curriculum.
Applicants' SAT or ACT scores are not affected by the proposal. Indiana students' scores must be above the state average, and out-of-state students should be above the national average.
This year's freshman class averaged 1,111, an 8-point increase from the previous class and nearly 100 points above the national and state averages.
But among Big Ten schools that use the SAT, IU finished last. In 2004-05, 75 percent of new IU students scored 990 or better on their SAT, compared with 1,030 for Purdue's comparable class.
IU President Adam Herbert has not weighed in on the proposal. At the last trustee meeting, he said his goal was to have IU's SAT scores in the middle of the Big Ten.
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