Apply for standard admission to Kelley

Students who are enrolling in IU Bloomington for summer 2025 through spring 2026 apply for standard admission to the Kelley School based on the following criteria.

For an application to be eligible for review, students must complete:

Application for admission to Kelley in the second semester (defined as fall/spring) of enrollment on the IU Bloomington campus, Applications submitted after 2 semesters will not be considered*.
A minimum of 30 credit hours of college coursework by the time the application is reviewed. Credits may include any college-level coursework on the transcript, such as SLST coursework, AP credit, IB credit, test credit, dual enrollment coursework, and ACP coursework.
Full-time enrollment at IUB (minimum of 12 credit hours) in the application semester.
Integrated Core prerequisite courses (17.5 hours in total, may include coursework transferred in – utilize Credit Transfer Service and IU Intercampus Transfer to learn more on how your coursework may transfer in.):

BUS-A100 Basic Accounting (1 credit)
BUS-C104/106 Business Presentations (3 credits)
BUS-K201/204 The Computer in Business (3 credits)
BUS-T175 Compass 1 (1.5 credits)
ENG-W131** English Composition (3 credits)
ECON-B251 Fundamentals of Economics for Business I (3 credits)
Complete one of the following on the IU Bloomington campus^: MATH-M 119, MATH-B110, ECON-E 370 or STAT-S 301

*Students who officially declared a major outside business, took courses in pursuit of that major for a full semester or more and later determined they plan to apply to Kelley may be considered for an application beyond their second semester on the IU Bloomington campus

^This course must be completed once a student is a degree seeking student on the IU *Bloomington* campus.

First Semester Academic Record Review:

Students who have either of the following on their academic record at the end of their first semester at IU Bloomington will be ineligible to pursue standard admission to the Kelley School of Business and will be dropped from all Kelley School of Business admissions courses before the start of the next semester. * Students should work with their AMES advisor to select new courses in their alternative major.

Three (3) or more of the following:

Any letter grade below a B (B-, C+, C, C-)
Withdrawal (W)
Incomplete (I)
X grade (X)

Any grade of D+, D, D-, or F

* Students will be dropped from BUS-A 100, BUS-C 104/106, BUS-K 201/204, BUS-T 175, and ECON-B 251. Students will not be dropped from ENG-W 131 or equivalent course.

How are pre-Business students admitted to Kelley?

Automatic Admission

Students whose records indicate grades of Bs or better in every IU Bloomington course on the first attempt will be automatically admitted.

Comprehensive Review

Students whose records indicate any of the following will have their applications comprehensively reviewed by the Kelley Undergraduate Admissions committee. The admissions committee reviews grades in all IU Bloomington courses, not just business courses. A student with any of the following risk factors is in jeopardy of their standard admission application being denied.

One or more grades below a B (B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D-, or F) in an IU Bloomington course.
Withdrawals (W’s), X’s ( X grade replacement policy), or unresolved incompletes (I’s)

Students whose applications will undergo a comprehensive review should meet with their AMES academic advisor to ensure they are creating a plan and enrolling in courses for their alternative major in case they are not admitted to Kelley.

Students whose records indicate two unsuccessful attempts to complete a single I-Core prerequisite, including grades below a C, withdrawals (W’s), incompletes (I’s), and X grades, will have their applications automatically denied.