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* Already admitted to IU Bloomington and indicated business as your intended major
* ACT composite score of 29 or SAT composite of 1270 (including only math and critical reading sections)
* Top 10 percent of high school class or 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale
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Is this something that is set in stone or are they flexible about it?</p>
<p>My GPA is about a 3.2 and my SAT composite is 1380 (2070 total). I run my own, New York States registered, Internet publishing business; I work with Google, Yahoo, and other big names on both the advertising and publishing side of the Internet. I'm going to attempt to stress my business in my application, but I'm guessing it would be better if I can arrange some sort of interview.</p>
<p>Well, my weighted was a 3.8 and 15th percentile. My unweighted was like a 3.2 and something like 35th percentile.</p>
<p>A2wolves, what you said about me getting in because of my weighted gpa makes sense, but on the kelley website it states
"Top 10 percent of high school class or 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale "</p>
<p>on a 4.0 scale meaning they take unweighted. </p>
<p>Perhaps, they let me in because I wrote a good essay for the optional essay they ask for??</p>
<p>bulls, the reason you got in is because Kelley gives its applicants the benefit of the doubt, and takes the weighted GPA, that is the only reason, not the essay. Max, if your school can send in your gpa weighted, you could probably circumvent the system, but direct admit status isn't too special, so it really doesn't matter.</p>
<p>Kelley doesn't even consider essays in their admissions decisions. They don't consider extracurriculars. It's all numbers, and either you have it or you don't. It's not hard to figure out.</p>
<p>My school did not give a GPA higher than a 4.0, and we did get boosts for our AP/AC classes. I essentially had a weighted GPA on a 4.0 scale. Just noting that there are weighted scales out of 4.0, meaning even if you got an A+ in an AP class, it's still a 4.0.</p>
<p>What many people don't know is that once you are accepted the college, you can send in a letter of appeals explaining why you should be granted admission to Kelley, along with two letters of rec. You won't receive a decision on whether you made it to Kelley until after March 31st I believe, but if you really want to go to Kelley that's the best thing you can do. Call the Kelley admissions office, they are very friendly and will explain the whole process to you. I don't see why you wouldn't get in on appeal because of your publishing company and other experience, so I believe you have a very good chance of getting into Kelley on appeal. Good Luck.</p>
<p>I'm going to be heading to Indiana to take a tour and whatnot; is there anyone I should meet with, or at least attempt to come in contact with? Keep in mind, my ultimate goal is to be directly admitted to Kelley.</p>
<p>There's 3842 total undergraduate business students, and about 250-300 out of every class are directly admitted. So about 75% of the students get into Kelley by going to IU and then applying.</p>
<p>The minimum overall college GPA is a 3.00 to even apply to Kelley, and there are many additional application requirements You need to complete 26 credits including English composition, finite mathematics, calculus, and computers in business. You can't get a grade below "B" in any of these courses and none below "C" in any other courses. No single semester GPA can be below 2.70.</p>
<p>Lets say you're in the IB program and have AP classes, and your school is constantly ranked top 25 in the nation. I mean, they gotta have some leniency on the 3.5 unweighted thing right? Strength of school!</p>
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Lets say you're in the IB program and have AP classes, and your school is constantly ranked top 25 in the nation. I mean, they gotta have some leniency on the 3.5 unweighted thing right? Strength of school!
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I would hope so. My school is also in the "Top 25" (although I don't give the list much credit, considering how skewed the US News Top College list is).</p>
<p>My son was in a full IB program (all 7 courses each semester), missed the SAT score by 10 points and the GPA by .05, was President of his sailing club and finished 8th in the state of California (varsity squad--"A" boat) and also President of another service club that organized multiple beach cleanups involving thousands of people and didn't get direct admit. He then wrote a letter of appeal and was also denied.</p>
<p>Like A2Wolves6 said--it's all about the numbers--and they make very few exceptions, if any.</p>
<p>P.S. The other guy who was in the "A" boat with him and also had a full IB program is now on the sailing team at MIT and will be trying out for the Olympic sailing team early next year.</p>