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<li><p>If you have even the slightest interest in pursuing Business as a major at IU, then put down Business so you’ll be considered for Direct Admission to Kelley. That is of course if you meet their minimum requirements.</p></li>
<li><p>The personal statement quite frankly means VERY little to IU or any other big school with such high acceptance rates, so don’t sweat it. It appears only highly selective Ivy and Liberal Arts schools place a lot of emphasis on the essay these days, and even then it’s hard to tell how much.</p></li>
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<p>If you meet the IU GPA and Test Score requirements, you’ll be lucky if anyone at IU actually reads your statement unless it’s for scholarships or some other “extra” reason beyond admission. If you’ve got good stats, you’re in unless your essay is a total disaster of typos and bad grammar.</p>