<p>Ok I see a lot of pointless arguing going on. Let's get back on track.</p>
<p>In my opinion, IU is an easy school to get into not because it is a bad school but because it accepts a very large incoming freshman class and it probably does not recieve applications from many top-tier students, so the standards for admission are somewhat lower than at other state schools. Take Cornell for example. It's an ivy league school, and it's acceptance rare is higher than all the other ivies and several other non-ivies as well. Why? Because they accept a larger incoming freshman class. That does not mean Cornell is a bad school.</p>
<p>Aimhigh, don't look so much into the GPA. The GPA isn't everything. I myself have a 2.7 cumulative, but this year I took 5 AP classes and I'm pulling a 3.5 (UW). Though GPA is a good indicator of how well a student will do in college, it doesn't mean you should rely on it that much. I've got a friend 3.8 GPA, 33 ACT over at UIUC, and in his first semester he made an awful 1.7GPA. I have another friend with a 3.2 GPA 25 ACT at U. Minnesota who made a 3.4 first semester. GPA isn't everything. I wish state schools would realize this.</p>
<p>BTW, though I don't have such a high GPA, I've been able to get into two top 50 LAC schools, and a top 50 national university(private). Public schools need to get over the whole GPA thing.</p>
<p>Kinglin:
"Aimhigh, don't look so much into the GPA. The GPA isn't everything. I myself have a 2.7 cumulative, but this year I took 5 AP classes and I'm pulling a 3.5 (UW). Though GPA is a good indicator of how well a student will do in college, it doesn't mean you should rely on it that much. I've got a friend 3.8 GPA, 33 ACT over at UIUC, and in his first semester he made an awful 1.7GPA. I have another friend with a 3.2 GPA 25 ACT at U. Minnesota who made a 3.4 first semester. GPA isn't everything. I wish state schools would realize this."</p>
<p>Oh, did you finally heard from Indiana, Kinglin? Congrats on getting in!</p>
<p>First, you SHOULD look at gpa where IU is concerned, but the original poster kept saying she had a 2.7, when in the end, she said something else - and it was above 3.0.. And as far as your 2.7, they more than likely looked at your current grades and took you in based on that. If you had a steady 2.7 and maintained that Senior year, I doubt you would have gotten in. Admissions people there are constantly stressing that they would rather take someone with a higher gpa and lower test score than the other way around, and that on average the gpa is above 3.0., so I maintain my opinion that gpa is important.</p>
<p>Kinglin:
"Aimhigh, don't look so much into the GPA. The GPA isn't everything. I myself have a 2.7 cumulative, but this year I took 5 AP classes and I'm pulling a 3.5 (UW). Though GPA is a good indicator of how well a student will do in college, it doesn't mean you should rely on it that much."</p>
<p>Well, now I'm really confused by your post, since I just read in another thread that you've been rejected by Indiana. Sorry to hear that, Kinglin, but not surprised, because gpa really is important.</p>
<p>If any of you have younger siblings, I hope you're telling them to buckle down EVERY YEAR, because gpa matters.</p>
<p>Good to see, but notice it won't kick in until 2011..."so students entering high school would have time to choose appropriate courses." Six years so kids can work in some foreign language credits and an extra math credit in high school? Not exactly what I call demanding requirements. Aren't those college-bound kids doing that already? The new plan will only weed out 5% of the weakest in-staters, although IU will be taking in an additional 10% of OOS'ers. Interesting..........</p>
<p>Indiana is a confused state: they claim to be developing a Life Science industry......but they focus on low academic standards. They continue to seek auto related jobs and corn fuels[ethanol]. Go figure. What is spells out to me is a long term warning to Hoosiers that they applicants from OOS are going to be taking your place........prepare yourself.</p>
<p>it looks to me that Indiana is adopting the WI MI model which is applicants with high stats can matriculate at the premier campus others go to outlying campuses not so desirable. A wiser use of state funding. The state is trying to find a way to move their population forward and upward after tanking on steel, auto, farming, pharmaceutical production. </p>
<p>There man Mitch Daniels and No Child Left Behind .........there is a squeeze now and once all of these kids flood the system it will be hard to get elected when college doesn't become a reality.</p>
<p>Some aspects of the published plans are confusing however. IU and Purdue have a joint campus in Indianapolis called IUPUI.......medical school, law school and Kelley business to name a few. Many research dollars and such. I predict that Bloomington will falter and Indy will become premier for some departments. Right now law and business are at both campuses. Some surveys still tout Bloomington as premier but I am not so sure that is accurate.</p>
<p>Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis is ranked fourth tier by US News & World Report</p>
<p>Also, the Regents of the Indiana University just reconfirmed a reorganization plan that places the Bloomington campus as the premier site state-wide. Some chancellors at other campuses have quit in protest, but the professors at the Bloomington campus are fairly elated.</p>
<p>Well the way I am seeing some of this Bloomington wouldn't need reorganization if they were the tops. A poorly liked president, a problem in the trustee interactions, no chancellor........problems abound.</p>
<p>OMG.........an unsavory nickname. I am not saying the sky is falling, rather I am saying that change is in the wind. It should all be good as far as I am concerned. Allowing 10 years of prosperity to slip by without strong leadership has put IU in a very different position than say Purdue with Jiske as president. I am sure IU will hire a great leader and develop a plan.......but all of this takes time.</p>
<p>I guess based upon that logic then we would expect to see Harvard ranked about 150th next year. (disliked president, teachers complaining, no chancellor, etc.)--I presume this is Harvard you are discussing?</p>