<p>Their standards and scores are really low, yet they are consistently ranked one of the top 10 or so business schools in the country. How is this possible? I understand that it may be business-specific, but even Kelley is not that difficult to get into compared to the other schools around its level.</p>
<p>It's a public school, so they have to accept below average, average, and above average students.</p>
<p>Yes, but even schools like UNC, Michigan, and several others have much higher standards from students and they are equal to or slightly better than Indiana in terms of rankings.</p>
<p>Yeah, you're right...forgot about those. Add UCB and UCLA to that list. I guess it just depends on the school.</p>
<p>I am at IU (only a freshman though), and my friends (juniors and seniors) who have had internships said they had an immense step up compared to people at other big ten schools (University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, and University of Michigan students were working along side them). One of the things I constantly heard was the information taught here at IU is very applicable to real world situations (the required courses using Microsoft Excel are amazing), and they knew how to accomplish almost everything their bosses wanted, while other interns struggled.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure there is more to admission standards that makes a business school prestigious. Sometimes these rankings can depend on the quality of the faculty, facilities, how alumni have performed and so on and so forth. In other words, there are various factors that make a school program strong.</p>
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I am at IU (only a freshman though), and my friends (juniors and seniors) who have had internships said they had an immense step up compared to people at other big ten schools (University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, and University of Michigan students were working along side them). One of the things I constantly heard was the information taught here at IU is very applicable to real world situations (the required courses using Microsoft Excel are amazing), and they knew how to accomplish almost everything their bosses wanted, while other interns struggled.
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<p>All of those schools are quality schools. Your antecdotal points have added nothing to this discussion.</p>
<p>Yeah but I mean if (and it is) Indiana has such a good business school, then shouldn't it be more competitive (at least for OOS)? And being more competitive would mean higher admissions standards.</p>
<p>I have added something to the discussion. I added the point of view of a current IU student. If you think a current students perspective is unimportant, you shouldn't be posting on this topic.</p>
<p>"Yeah but I mean if (and it is) Indiana has such a good business school, then shouldn't it be more competitive (at least for OOS)? And being more competitive would mean higher admissions standards."</p>
<p>Every school is going to be different and have their own practice in terms of admissions.</p>
<p>As a sophomore at IU, it's getting tougher to get into kelley each year. With that said, there are a few classes at IU before I-Core that weed out some of the students. One of the areas where Kelley shines is the Investment Banking Workshop (The</a> Investment Banking Network at Indiana University: Index). The students in there are arguably some of the best in the nation. However, outside of the b-school and a few other programs, the school is average academically.</p>
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I have added something to the discussion. I added the point of view of a current IU student. If you think a current students perspective is unimportant, you shouldn't be posting on this topic.
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<p>Well, if your viewpoint is unimportant it is YOU that should not be posting here. Regardless, your post was extremely slanted and was not inline with reality (ex: Indiana students are a big step up from Michigan students; lmao...give me a break).</p>
<p>okay back to the topic...</p>
<p>First, how does you saying my post is irrelevant to the topic relevant to the topic? Hypocrite. Second, of course I am going to be biased to my own school, duh. Third, just because I am biased doesn't mean what I am saying is untrue, it just means what I say should be taken with a grain of salt. You have no experience related to IU, whereas I at least am in the school, talking with people who were telling me about their internships. When I was talking to them, I didn't ask "How were you compared to other interns?" I asked "How was your internship?" and then they told me about how well prepared they were for it, and how they had a step up on other interns. </p>
<p>Jerk.</p>