Son was rejected. OOS, 3.9uw, 4.1w, 1360 SAT, solid EC’s and essays (or so we thought), offered ~$6k in merit money. My biggest disappointment was with IU’s over promise on their webpage where they explained the review request process.
“If you do not meet the admissions criteria or missed the November 1 application deadline, you must request approval for direct admission to Kelley. This is called a review request and we encourage you to make the effort—more than 65% of submitted requests are approved and the process takes just 10 minutes to complete.
The middle 50% of approved review requests for fall 2020 were:
- GPA: 3.70 to 4.0
- SAT superscore (Math and Evidence-Based Reading & Writing): 1290 to 1390
- ACT superscore (Composite): 28 to 32”
This “insight” by the admissions team was more damaging then helpful. Without it, those on the bubble may have pushed harder to take the SAT or ACT again with the hope of scoring above the 1370/30 threshold. Regardless, they obviously messed up and underestimated the amount of direct admits (without needing to fill out a review request) that they would receive this year and, as a result, were not able to approve anywhere close to the 65% of submitted requests that they suggested. I would expect that they will raise the bar next year with direct admits needing an even higher SAT score and GPA. I understand there are no guarantees, but I hope they learn from this and do a better job of managing expectations in the future.
Congratulations to those of you that got into Kelley. It really is a fantastic school and program. I am an alumni so I speak from personal experience and would highly recommend Kelley to anyone.