Apply for standard admission to Kelley

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for review, students must complete all four requirements: 

1. Application timing

Submit your application for admission to Kelley in the second semester (fall or spring) of enrollment on the IU Bloomington campus, Applications submitted after two semesters will not be considered*. 

2. Credit hours

Complete 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, including

• SLST coursework
• AP credit
• IB credit
• Test credit
• Dual enrollment coursework
• ACP coursework

Maintain full-time enrollment at IU Bloomington (minimum of 12 credit hours) in the application semester.

4. Integrated Core prerequisite courses

Complete 17,5 hours total of prerequisite courses. Transferred coursework may count toward these requirements. Use the Credit Transfer Service and IU Intercampus Transfer to learn how your coursework may transfer. 

Required courses:

*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.

** Accepted substitutes for ENG-W 131 English Composition:

• ENG-W 170
• ENG-W 171
• CMLT-C 110

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

Academic requirements for standard admission

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: 

Three (3) or more of the following:

• Any letter grade below a B+ (B, B-, C+, C, C-)

• Withdrawal (W)

• Incomplete (I)

• X grade (X)
  
  OR
  
  
• Any grade of D+, D, D-, or F
  

If determined ineligible for standard admission by the above criteria, students will be dropped from all Kelley School of Business admissions courses before the start of the next semester, including 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. Students should work with their AMES advisor to select new courses in their alternative major. 

How are pre-business students admitted to Kelley?

Automatic Admission

Students whose records indicate grades of B+'s 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.

• Any grade below a B+ (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.