<p>I’m sorry to hear the news, Loon Lake. Kelley is getting ridiculously hard to get into now. I don’t recall decisions ever coming out this early. The end of May is really early. Makes you think there are not many slots and there is very little agonizing by the selectors-- either you have all solid B’s and above or not. In 2008, the decisions came out in mid-July, probably after having taken First Summer Session grades into account: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/537882-kelley-standard-admission-decisions.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/indiana-university-bloomington/537882-kelley-standard-admission-decisions.html</a> Students need to take the minimum required application courses and all the easy courses they can find to get the solid B’s. Any other course of action is adding unnecessary risk.</p>
<p>I know you have a lot of drive and talent, and I am sure you will do well the rest of your college years. You are probably still pretty stressed from all this, so try and relax and make your next career decision with a clear head. We have all enjoyed so much reading your insights about IU and your involvement in campus life the past year. I wish you had got in, but the regular admission process has really become a meatgrinder just since my son came to IU in 2008, with lots of procedural changes that reflect the increased difficulty of getting in regular admit. A few years has made a world of difference in terms of getting into Kelley.</p>