<p>I know it is easier for in state than out of state students to be accepted to Indiana, but a friend's son who is GREAT was just rejected. We're out of state. Was Indiana hard on out of staters this year? I know the number of applicants is up everywhere because the high school Class of 2008 is huge.</p>
<p>I think what happened this year at IU is that many applications came in earlier than usual--before Nov/Dec. I've seen some posters on here that were OOS with relatively low stats that were accepted, but they applied early. I've seen some others, OOS, with better stats that were rejected or waitlisted. In many cases it seems to have been related to when they applied. I think there will be a lot of surprises for students that waited to apply until Jan/Feb.</p>
<p>midwestmom, IU had a record of 30,000+ applicants this yr. I would imagine the acceptance rate was somewhere in the low to mid 60% range. I applied in september and I heard from the admission counselor that IU had record applicants this year. There was simply no room left since January.</p>
<p>Two years ago, IU's admission rate was about 80%--last year it was around 70%--and this year, it is eatimated to be about 60%.</p>
<p>Also, it's not too difficult to see where the demand is coming from. Some of the top schools (music, business, journalism) have acceptance rates well below the university average.
I think the business school admit rate is now in the 35% range or so.</p>
<p>Apparently, this is driving admissions--and probably to a degree, supports the ability for the school to pass costs through to students through increases in tuition and fees even during this "down cycle" of the economy.</p>
<p>Got into the business school OOS here.</p>
<p>Congratulations, giel--and good luck at IU-B and Kelley.</p>