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Academic preparation

Summer quantitative prep courses

Incoming students often ask, "How should I prepare for the fall semester?" We recommend refreshing your math skills through two options. For those eyeing careers in investment banking, private wealth, or strategic finance, the "Financial Career Training: Technical Interview Preparation" course offers advanced tools. Alternatively, the "Math for Management” course by Harvard Business School Publishing covers essential math topics. Additional information and registration will be available in June.

Meet the core faculty

Recommended readings

  • Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner 
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain 
  • The Machine that Changed the World by Womack, Jones & Roos 
  • Originals by Adam Grant 
  • The Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Larry Gonick & Woolcott Smith 
  • Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason 
  • Game Theory 101: The Complete Textbook by William Spaniel 
  • The Art of Strategy by Avinash K. Dixit & Barry J. Nalebuff 
  • Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 
  • Anti-Fragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 
  • Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell 
  • Why They Do It by Eugene Soltes 

Academic advising

Our Student Services team is here to support you from the day you decide to matriculate at Kelley to the day we hand you your diploma. We help you maneuver through each academic process with ease: from selecting and registering for courses each semester to declaring your major(s) and minor(s) to graduation clearance—and everything in between. If you would like to talk with us about your academic goals, please contact Emily Stern, Director of Student Services and Global Programs.

Office of Accessible Educational Services

If you need accommodations to help you perform at your best in an academic setting, IU’s Office of Accessible Educational Services (AES) can assist you. AES is dedicated to ensuring that students with qualifying medical conditions, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), have the tools, support services, and resources that allow equal access and reasonable accessibility measures (accommodations) to be successful at Indiana University Bloomington. If you have a disability, please visit the AES website and contact their office for additional information. We encourage you to register with AES as soon as possible, but no later than the beginning of your first semester so you may avail yourself of their services during the entire integrated Core curriculum.

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