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<p>Is it possible to apply for direct admit into Kelley, and if you're shot down from Kelley still get into their normal campus. Like....along the lines of..."Oh, you didn't get accepted into our business school directly, but we'll give you admission into the campus."</p>

<p>Or do I have to play it safe and apply into the general campus then transfer into the business school. Also, I've searched and read that maintaining a 3.0 will get you into Kelley, does strength of classes play a factor into that? Like...what if I take easy classes first year to get my GPA at a 4.0? </p>

<p>Oh, and...chances? Please please please!!! Hahahah.</p>

<p>Academics
GPA weighted: 3.4
SAT: 1940</p>

<p>Troy High, Ranked by Newsweek #21 in the Nation, ranked #1 in AP Course Offerings in the World, #1 in the World in 2005 in AP Computer Science Department (so we have a bit of a rep, 96 of our seniors this year are going to UCLA as their safety schools, but I’m stupid…)</p>

<p>Previous classes</p>

<p>(7 classes total) freshman year: English One T/T, world history, algebra one, biology, business systems, physical education, drama</p>

<p>(7 classes total) Sophomore year: English Two Honors, human anatomy and physiology, JV track, AP European history, computer logic and algorithm/fundamentals of programming, geometry honors, Spanish one</p>

<p>(7 classes total) junior year: English Two T/T, chemistry, varsity track, AP US history, Spanish one (I’m bad at foreign language), accounting for business (first semester), IB business management, Algebra 2</p>

<p>(8 classes total) Senior year: British Lit T/T, AP Biology, AP Gov/ECON, Spanish 2, AP Psychology, Trig/Pre-Calc, Sociology, Internship</p>

<p>7 classes every year since my freshman year…
Now that we go the ugly out of the way…</p>

<p>My ECs…</p>

<p>+Wrote/publish the book “Run a High school Club to perfection” Sold/Distributed across Amazon, Lulu, over 300 schools in California, and over 10 affiliates now. (UPDATE! Scholastics.com is taking a look into it, and is considering distributing. It's a long shot though, but I can pray!)</p>

<p>+attendee of LEAD’s Summer Business Institute at Dartmouth </p>

<p>+Vice President of Marketing for Samaritan Services Corporation</p>

<p>+Over 150 hours internship at a Big Screen Movie Marketing/Design firm</p>

<ul>
<li>California-Nevada-Hawaii Key Club Oratory Contest, 1st place </li>
</ul>

<p>+Key Club Lieutenant Governor, In charge of 13 schools and over 1200 people, and directly operate with over $2 million and set up initiatives affecting over 35,000 students</p>

<ul>
<li>over 650 hours community service </li>
</ul>

<p>+Ran/Completed the Los Angeles Marathon (26.2 Miles) top 1/3 age percentile in time</p>

<p>+PTA Reflections Contest District Finalist—Poetry Category (Largest PTA District in Nation)</p>

<p>+Troy Video Yearbook (3 years) Currently DIRECTOR of Marketing</p>

<p>+Troy V.I.P. Program (4 years)</p>

<p>+Troy Tech Program/Troy IB Certificate/California Scholarship Federation Member/National Honors Society</p>

<p>So as you see…my ECs are pretty freaking good in my opinion (I think I have a combo with handling lots of real world stuff in Key Club/Business, leadership, oratory ability, and dedication in writing a book and running a marathon).</p>

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<p>What were your verbal and math SAT scores? </p>

<p>You don’t really apply to Kelley. You apply to IU and indicate that you want to major in business and then THEY will decide if you’re among the 5% they’re directly admitting into Kelley. </p>

<p>You will first receive notice that you’ve been accepted to IU, and then about four weeks later if you’re a direct admit, you’ll get a letter stating that. </p>

<p>If you’re not a direct admit as a freshman, you can apply as a sophomore.</p>

<p>I don’t know what you’ve read, but maintaining a 3.0 gpa will NOT “get you into Kelley” as a direct admit, although it may get you in later. I just don’t know about that.</p>

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<p>I didnt know this when I applied but I learned. Kelley requires a 29 ACT / 1300 SAT and a 3.5 unweighted GPA for a Direct Admit. If you do not have those stats, they will just consider you for regular campus.</p>

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<p>Slugger, sorry if we never posted the requirements before. Some of us know this because our kids were direct admits, so we should have made this clearer for you students.</p>

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<p>Don’t apologize, I actually found out from someone that posted a link that stated that. I also asked the adcoms, thanks anyway.</p>

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<p>Ohhhhh…okay </p>

<p>While we’re on the subject, students needs to maintain a 3.0 in order to stay in Kelley and to keep your faculty scholarship money. I’m not sure about other scholarships, just the faculty award.</p>

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<p>IUB sounds awesome just a little far away from home (sigh).</p>

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<p>How far away are you, Slugger? My son is friends with kids from as far away as North Carolina and New York, and I know kids are also there from California.</p>

<p>But if it’s a transportation thing, I totally understand. My younger son is looking at IU and a bunch of other schools and I’m really hoping he stays in the midwest so he can home whenever he wants.</p>

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<p>Im from NY, but my number one school right now is Penn State, I loved everything about it but I’m scared about getting in because the ACTs today were difficult. My grades are on the lower end of their middle 50% grades, so theres still a good chance.</p>

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<p>Well, good luck with that, it’s a great school. And don’t be afraid to pick up one of those ACT books to help you, and be open to taking the test more than once. My older son got a 25 the first time he took, a 27 the second time and a 29 the third time. My younger son, who thought he bombed the test when he took it, got a 28. He stayed at 28 the other two times he took it, though. You just never know.</p>

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<p>I took it 3 times already, got a 25 everytime. I thought it did worse this time, maybe I did better. Oh well.</p>

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<p>I feel all thread Hijacked :(</p>

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<p>Sorry radronOmega!!! We didn’t really hijack the thread, we were more or less just chatting until you came back with the answer to my question, so we could proceed with the discussion. ;-)</p>

<p>I’ll ask again. What were your verbal and math SAT scores?</p>

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<p>combined to a 1270.</p>

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<p>1270 is a 28 ACT, so combined with a 3.4 gpa and all your extracurricular activities, I would say you’re in.</p>

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<p>I just noticed, however, that 3.4 gpa is weighted. What is your unweighted gpa?</p>

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<p>Hmmmmm, depends.</p>

<p>My weighted GPA 9-12 is 3.56, and unweighted is 3.3
If you take out my freshman year when I had straight
As, my unweighted GPA is a 2.9. My origional numbers
were 10-12 though, where i took more honors but I got
slaughtered hahah.</p>

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<p>Grades from 9th grade count, regardless of their weight. Good Luck!</p>