<p>Hey guys, I'm a junior and looking to apply to IU Kelley later this year. On the website it says 1270 SAT or 29 ACT and top 10% of high school class or 3.5 out of 4.0 gpa.</p>
<p>Now, I have about a 3.7 weighted (taking the hardest courses possible) and when unweighted it drops below a 3.5. I emailed the admissoins office and they said that they just take the gpa on my transcript (which contradicts what the website says right? Since in our school your gpa can get up to 4.6 I think). If they recalculated an unweighted gpa, then I think I wouldn't get in. Could they possibly consider my hard course load if my gpa is slightly below the asked 3.5?</p>
<p>My GPA was a 3.63 W and they let me in direct admit. The weight was extraordinarily low though, like about a 3.5 UW.</p>
<p>Take The ACT over and get a 30. It'll get you a full ride to Indiana (see Kelley Scholars Program), get you into the Honors College, and allow you to fill out the SSA. Although the Kelley Scholars Program is by invitation only I believe, and you only get an invitation if you are accepted by the 1st of November. Still, the difference between a 29 and 30 is big for scholarship purposes.</p>
<p>I looked on the website and it says you need to be in top 10 % of class, and with my 3.7 I'm almost positive that I don't fit that critiria. However, I can probably get into the Hutton Honors College because I can get a 1350 SAT and I'm in top 20 %.</p>
<p>Usually your test scores don't matter a buttload if your gpa is under 3.0. I'm not sure your 33 made the difference. If you're a minority, that may have done it. </p>
<p>No, they don't take the weighted--they take the unweighted GPA. I know since my son called (asking about direct admit status), and while on the phone they had the stats right there and read off his UW GPA to him. His weighted GPA is 3.47 and his SAT total (CR & M) is 1260 (just below the 1270 cutoff). He's petitioned for direct admit, but doesn't have a reply yet.</p>
<p>Strangely enough, this 10 point SAT difference (which equates to answering one more question correctly) might actually determine where he goes--since he doesn't want to go somewhere if he isn't sure that he'll be accepted to the business school (he's already been accepted to the business schools at 4 other universities--Purdue, Pittsburgh, Bentley, and Oregon).</p>
<p>I should point out that Indiana is currently my son's first choice--that's why the direct admit status matters so much. If he doesn't get direct admit, though, I don't know that it will remain #1. He just doesn't want the hassle of applying all over again--even when he knows he can get the grades required.</p>
<p>They make Direct Admit much more of a deal than it actually is. The only difference is that you have a different advisor, you don't have to apply again, and you can take honors courses if you want. You're taking the exact same classes. If your son wants to go to Indiana, don't let not getting direct admit stop him.</p>
<p>I think you need one or the other (GPA or SAT/ACT), not both--so 4.0 GPA obviously gets you in.</p>
<p>As far as my son, he just got his reply--no direct admit. Like I said, he missed the cutoff on both counts--so he'll have to go the long route, I guess. Strange that he just got a form letter, though--no comments back at all.</p>
<p>I think he's decided that Indiana is still for him, though. And that the fault in not getting direct admit was his, not the school's. He knows he should have done better both in school and on the SAT. And I think he's dedicated to showing that he can do better at Indiana University than he did in high school.</p>
<p>Also, I'd like to thank everyone for their support on this thread--it is much appreciated (oh, and Aim High, my son applied in the December timeframe) and got his acceptance to Indiana in February.</p>