My son & I attended Kelley DA Day this weekend. It was a great experience to see Bloomington, the IU Campus, Hodge Hall and the professors & administrators. Friday evening included networking with professors and key clubs/organizations as well as JLLC tour. Saturday morning had jam-packed presentations from the deans, faculty, recruiters & students. Afternoon included micro-sessions on typical business class topics for parents & students. We definitely recommend this experience for prospective families. If you are pressed for time, you can skip Friday eveningâs 4-8 PM networking or come late. The JLLC tour is also available on Saturday and you can find most of the club and curricular info. on the Kelley website. Definitely attend the 9-11:30 AM sessions on Saturday morning in the IU Auditorium. The micro-sessions in the afternoon can be skipped if pressed for time. If time permits, enjoy the food scene Downtown.
I guess the horrible admission experience has been overcome 
The b school knows how to sell!!!
Is your son set on IU now?
Hi, for those that have done the admit student days⊠Is one day on campus - doing campus tour + individual dept seminar - ample? Or would you recommend doing more - talking to Deans/ visiting LLC, attending a game, eating downtown etc? Trying to figure out if a Red Carpet day is ample or should we add more programming to get a good sense of fit. DS coming from a very small HS, out of state, so really need to do due diligence on fit/ school. Any guidance would be helpful. Thank you!
It depends on the kid.
For some - a tour is enough.
Others want to meet with the department - it may be an advisor or a professor, not necessarily the dean. We had 1:1 meetings and they were fine - but the truth is, the meteorology degree at FSU and Oklahoma - they really werenât much different - those were 1:1s for my son (who ended up a MechE). My daughter was truly impacted by International Studies at American and that was a group presentation led by a professor during their formal admitted student day. She majors in it at her current college, in large part due to that presentation at American (not the college she attends).
I recommend you get to campus, walk the campus and surrounds, stop kids and talk.
My daughter had a 30 minute conversation with a professor who asked if we needed help/directions at W&L - turned out he was a top professor in her area of interest. We were simply self touring on an empty day and he was there with his wife and kid. There were no students around that day - although our waitress at a restaurant in town went there.
For some, seeing the aesthetics is enough.
Others should make sure they eat in the dining hall, talk to kids.
Others will want to see a department and or talk to students in an academic area or club head.
Itâs all student dependent.
If you do go to a special day, they will do their best to sell you - and thatâs their goal. Admitting you doesnât put a butt in the seat or bring in revenue, so they will roll out the red carpet.
I guess my best advice would be - no matter the how, if you need validation, get to campus - and dependent upon your needs, if itâs beyond a tour and talking to kids on the quad or in the dining hall, then get with admissions to set up what you need. Or take advantage of the pre planned activities as they do make lives easier. But we often reached out to the heads of Hillel, as an example, to supplement our visits - because for my daughter, that was important. For other kids, it likely isnât.
Thereâs no right answer (IMHO). Itâs whatever is right given your needs. And whatever works with your schedule.
Thank you so very much for this!!! Incredibly helpful!!
The general scholarship award timeline says March 15 is the date for award notifications. Do we expect them to release on a weekend or would they typically do it on Friday or Monday?
This is the last piece of information weâd like to see before committing.
Itâs not the date for notifications, itâs the date by which they ask the scholarships all to be awarded - many will have already been awarded. March 15 will just pass if you are not awarded one. They are few in number for this deadline.
I guess the follow up question isâŠ
If you need a little more to make it work, IU is your first choice but you have significantly better offers at similar schoolsâŠwho would you reach out to for consideration.
Would it be your local admissions officer, admissions, financial aid, Hutton or Kelley directly? Iâm not even asking them to come close to matching the other schools but it would be very helpful to narrow the gap even a little bit.
I know they donât match and the answer is likely no but wanted to know where youâd contact if you were in this situation.
Youâve correctly identified thereâs no chance. So youâre saying thereâs a chance? Asked where Iâd contact in this situation and understanding I wouldnât contact anyone because thereâs no chance - you would have to see what you received in awards compared to others on this board or reddit etc⊠and try to get those maximums. I.e. if your initial award was $8k/year and others received $11k - thatâs where Iâd go. Which is admissions via scholarship office.
I think today is the day Hutton said they announce any scholarship amounts they are awarding. Good luck everyone.
anyone got an email regarding hutton scholarship yet?
From the website:
âApplicants selected to receive a scholarship from the Hutton Honors College will receive a notification via their IU email account no later than April 1st.â
Reading through the comments above it sounds like some already received Hutton Scholarships along with their acceptance. So if we didnât hear does that mean she didnât get a scholarship? For reference and not sure it is a grade based award but 4.4 GPA, 35 act, Kelley DA, Hutton Accepted. Appreciate any insight. TIA.
When we went to a Hutton info session during Direct Admit weekend earlier this month, they said decision would come out March 14 and would be notified either way (if you received or didnât receive a scholarship). We havenât gotten any notice yet so maybe they are running behind. Also said they are aiming for 1000 kids for Hutton and only 80 scholarships to give out.
Oh wow I didnât realize it was that few. Did they mention criteria?
Do you mind me askingâŠwhat is Canvas? It has info about admissions decisions that arenât yet showing up on the portal?
Is this an app specific to IU Bloomington?
No, they did not discuss criteria.
I am an international student and I have not received any decision yet. I have tried emailing the IU International Office But I have not received any reply from them. I believe I got deferred from EA but I submitted a bunch of new stuff so Im getting worried.
Did you guys hear back yet? I thought decisions were supposed to be our March 15th but I havenât gotten anything yet. I am international though
Should I assume my daughter isnât receiving any sort of scholarship since March 15 has passed without any notification and nothing in her portal? Very disappointing. Only school that has not offered her merit scholarship. Attending Red Carpet Day next week. Is it worth even inquiring to someone in Financial Aid while we are there visiting?