Word of Advice for Indiana

kinglin · 12-07-2005, 01:53 PM

I've been talking to some Indiana admission officers for some time on the phone, and have some stuff I'd like to say about admissions.

1) 3.0 or higher, don't bother if your in the sub 3 range.
2) A's and B's. Indiana doesn't want to see any Cs, Ds, or Fs, esp. in core classes.
3) Earlier is better, esp. with the suprise in the number of admissions seen this year.
4) Don't need to take a bunch of honors classes, but focus on taking as many core classes as possible.
5) GPA, Rank, and classes taken are the biggest things they look at. Teacher reccomendations, sports, clubs, ect, isn't even considered unless your border line.

Good Luck

hazmat · 12-07-2005, 01:55 PM

Nice to share.........apparently IU had an amazing increase in the number of applications.

A2Wolves6 · 12-07-2005, 02:07 PM

Hopefully Indiana will begin to get the respect they deserve.

Their Business school has been on the constant decline in the US News ranks, while other schools have been marketing themselves to the top (Carnegie Mellon, NYU, are just two they've criticized of this.) Indiana is in the top 10 in all of the major ranks, yet not in the top 10 overall.

They have a very high peer assessment rating, yet are ranked in the 70s in the US News rankings, which apparently discriminates against public schools. They should rise much higher.

hazmat · 12-07-2005, 02:10 PM

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yet not in the top 10 overall.

You mean as an institution?

A2Wolves6 · 12-07-2005, 02:19 PM

No, their Business school isn't in the top 10 as undergraduate Business schools, yet their Management ranks as #5, Marketing #7, Operations #7, Entrepreneurship #7, Finance #7, Accounting #8, Supply Chain/Logistics #9, and Information #9.

There was an article in Indiana's Tenth Street Times www.indiana.edu/~tst speaking about how NYU, USC, CMU, and Emory have all used "marketing strategy" to get higher in the rankings, and how Indiana isn't going to play cheaply to get higher in rankings.

hazmat · 12-07-2005, 02:22 PM

So if they consider marketing as "cheaply" then what plan do they have? I mean do they plan to improve it some other way? I don't believe that most people would agree that Stern/NYU moved up in the rankings solely due to marketing themselves. Is that what Wharton did also?

I do recall that Kelley had an alum donation this year that perhaps can help get higher level faculty and such.

dstark · 12-07-2005, 02:26 PM

Kinglin, are you saying a 3.3 gpa with 2 cs will keep you out?

A2Wolves6 · 12-07-2005, 02:28 PM

I don't know, i'm just reading what was in the paper. Indiana was in the top 5 and has been falling for essentially no reason, whereas the paper points out that it largely has to do with the marketing of other schools.

KingJames23 · 12-07-2005, 05:27 PM

After reading that, I think my chances of getting into Indiana definitely went down. Although I have a 3.1, I had a few C's (its either 2 or three, can't remember) from freshman/sophmore year. Geometry, Chem, and possibly Algebra I

dstark · 12-07-2005, 05:34 PM

Indiana has an eighty percent acceptance rate. They have to take students who have gotten Cs.

Dcho711 · 12-07-2005, 06:15 PM

Kinglin dont worry i tink u stil got shot, he may have said that so the university could get more quality applicants, i got a C in spanish 1 and trig. honors and i still got accepted my gpa was still above average as well as my rank and class rigor so thats what probaly pulled me through.

A2wolves, kelley is a good business school but in terms of job prospects and placement at prestigious companies that isnt really kelley's focus, i tink overall kelley should be in top 15, the top 10(undergrad. business) like wharton and stern are literaly well rounded and have good, prestigious job prospects for them pretty much why their in top 10. Indiana does have a excellent program which is why i applied but i tink reason its not top 10 (although its 11 same thing to me personally) is because although quality of education is good, big time super prestigious firms dont recruit much at IU which probaly why usnews figure its more like top 15 rather than THE top 10. in short wharton + stern = good business school with excellenet connections and Indiana = good business school but not as good connections as wharton and stern. i mean iu is my first choice but we shouldnt be biased and lie to ourself, i tink in my opinion, iu kelley is more focused on the general business and is focused on brand companies ( ford, P & G etc.) and i banking isnt Kelley's strength unlike the ivy league and TOP business schools.

kinglin · 12-07-2005, 07:01 PM

"Indiana has an eighty percent acceptance rate. They have to take students who have gotten Cs."

Indiana 'did' have an eighty percent acceptance rate, things changed this year.

Dcho711 · 12-07-2005, 09:00 PM

im sorry kinglin, college is in the long run what you make of it so dont be too depressed gud luk with the rest of your other college choices. dont give up man theres still other options

b_22 · 12-07-2005, 09:01 PM

"Indiana 'did' have an eighty percent acceptance rate, things changed this year."

and you know this how? Its only December!

dstark · 12-07-2005, 10:13 PM

http://www.indiana.edu/~tst/Archives...ance_club.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~finance/

I would join the finance club.