Have you reached out to your admission rep?
You likley have to transfer in after enrolling - but they should be able to tell you.
If you want to study marketing, there’s lots of great direct admit programs still taking apps.
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I initiated the major change, at which point I will meet all 4 criteria. The Feb 1 deadline for Kelley review requests makes me nervous, even though I would technically not require this.
Well, you would require a review request.
For Auto Direct Admit, you must:-
Technically, you have missed the deadline for both: auto admit as well as review request.
I really hope Kelley admissions supports you here.
If you meet all requirements for direct admission, you will need to change your major to become a Direct Admit. You can make changes to your submitted application by visiting Step 3 on the IU Office of Admissions website. This change may take 7 to 10 business days to process. Only once your major changes and Kelley verifies you have met all requirements will you be offered direct admission. If you do not meet all direct admission requirements, you must submit a review request for Kelley direct admission after your major changes.
Thanks for your help! I initiated the major change and reached out to my counselor as well as the Kelley office. Let’s see.
If you want to study marketing, would you be willing to go elsewhere if you don’t get in - fine schools are still taking apps - or are you sticking it out at IU regardless.
Just curious: which business schools are still taking apps? Kelley/Gies/Smeal equivalents.
This is ds’s second go around at IU admissions. He was admitted to Jacobs 2 years ago and decided to pursue professional ballet training elsewhere instead. The general IU and Jacobs admissions processes are completely separate. Jacobs handles things on the financial aid end.
DS got the general IU admissions notification a few weeks ago. Audition was 2 weeks ago. He was just admitted to Jacobs yesterday. Woot!
You are talking about marketing - not finance, etc. The school won’t matter much.
Culverhouse, Eller, WP Carey, Tippie and more - I’m sure many more. There’s not a huge “equivalency” gap here - and kids, not schools, make careers.
I was in marketing for years and am still in sales and directly involved with marketing - the where (and even the major quite honestly) really won’t matter.
Marketing, in general, is considered light weight. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it if it’s what you want, but for 90%+ of kids, Kelley won’t matter - especially a major like marketing.
If you want to study marketing, you can hold out for IU - but if you don’t get in, then you can decide to chance it or find a direct admit.
Companies that will hire marketing grads pay by location and likely not the school - and most companies won’t have preference for IU over any other but they will for what you bring to the table - interns, experience, etc.
As an example and they don’t break it out by major, but the average salary in NYC out of IU is $92K but in Indy $65K, St. Louis $63K, Columbus $61K. Marketing is likely lower as it’s the lowest paying major reported ($66K). They actually have a marketing/sales
major at $65K but it’s part of marketing.
Good luck.
Thank you, so much. DD is the first person in our family of engineers and architects to have chosen a business major (inclined to be an Investment Banker, but we will see), so I’m always looking to learn from experienced folks like yourself. Been a bit of a challenge to provide any useful career guidance to my DD, so I’m largely relying on her own smarts… lol. What you posted is very insightful.
Marketing is unlikely to lead to IB.
For IB IU is likely a better option but check out ASU IBIS - not sure if program apps are still open but the general school is. But it’s finance.
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Of course, she’s going into a Finance major.
She got into ASU WP Carrey Finance, with Barrett honors, LLA and all the goodies they can offer, with lower than in-state CoA, but it was her safety.
She has some good offers in hand from Purdue, Isenberg, Gies, SDSU, Smeal pre, Fordham Gabelli; waiting for UW-Madison (currently deferred, but among her top choices after our in-state Foster.)
Kelley used to be her top choice, but that’s fast dissipating.
Sorry got confused with @Eagle_Scout_334
Finance guy here (Corporate not IB): IB is a great and highly-competitive goal, but whole diff world from Marketing (academically and real-world-wise), as I’m sure your daughter already knows…
The school she was admitted to yesterday, has great Accounting program, useful for rewarding pathways in CPA and Tax firms, Corporate Finance, Big Consulting Firms…
I know she’ll do well in whatever she chooses.
Same here! PSU, UW and Fordham are at the top for my daughter right now. Thoughts on Fordham? We lived in the Bronx when my daughter was in elementary and we love it for her. She is leaning more toward big rah rah school but we really like it.
Fordham was among her top choices; fascinated by the lure of being in the heart of big Apple… lol.
But after her close friend visited recently, and gave some feedback on the area surrounding the school, she’s very skeptical now.
Fordham gave really good merit, to be equivalent to any other OOS public for us, so it’s a bit of a dilemma atm.
I would worry less about ‘safety’ and more about finding the right school.
Safety/match is about admissibility - not about best for you.
Heck, both mine chose safeties over reaches they got into.
Look into the IBIS program I linked to see if a fit as it might give a better IB path than the others.
I’m not a ranking expert on biz schools, but schools located in NYC (and other large. Internationally-oriented cities) have to be weighted higher when it comes to a broad and deep selection of local internship opportunities that the school’s faculty likely have connections to…
Yes, you can still get great opportunities going to schools in smaller locales…