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I am going to be applying to IU Bloomington this upcoming fall/summer and I think I have a good shot at the school. My concern would be the business school. Kelley is a competitive program, so I would not be eligible for direct admissions freshman year to the business program. However, at the end of freshman year, I would be able to apply to Kelley as a standard admit, but I need to keep my GPA above a 3.5 for my freshman year. With the average coursework for a business undergrad freshman, how possible is this goal? I am willing to work very hard to get into the program, but I do not want to be completely overloaded with studying. If I did not get into the program through standard admit, I would not be able to get a degree from the Kelley School, therefore I would have to transfer schools or switch majors. I currently have a 4.1 weighted GPA as a high school junior and a SAT score of 1210.

Thank you.

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  1. Try the ACT if you haven't. You might be able to get close enough to the requirement to petition.
  2. Most of the classes you take freshman year are on this list: http://bulletins.iu.edu/iub/kelley-ugrad/2013-2014/program-details/course-degree-req/i-core-prereq.shtml
  3. Use this to look at grades for the above classes: http://gradedistribution.registrar.indiana.edu/

For example, for BUS-A 100:

Department = BUS
Course Subject = A
Catalog Number = 100

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Really appreciate this. Very helpful
Thanks

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@iubaccounting my DD is currently a HS junior OOS interested in applying to IU Kelley Business this fall. Stats somewhat comparable to @jswilk. Don’t know weighted GPA yet but unweighted is 3.88/4.0 with SAT of 1340 (taken only once so far, plan to take again). Is that competive to be a finance major at Kelley as a direct admission?

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@Empire007 She is in a decent position. She needs a 1390 SAT or 30 ACT and a 3.8 WGPA to automatically be a direct admit. She already has the GPA, so if she can get the test score up a little bit (and IU superscores), she’s automatically in. Even if she can’t raise the test score, she can still petition for direct admit.

https://kelley.iu.edu/programs/undergrad/admissions/future-freshman.cshtml

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My D was recently offered direct admit to Kelley via petition. Her GPA is 4.3 weighted and SAT is 1340. In her Kelley essay she wrote about her commitment to a major in marketing and offered examples what what she had done to gain experience and leadership related to marketing.

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I was offered direct admission via petition.

1360 SAT (was able to get my score up significantly)
4.1 GPA