Apply for standard admission to Kelley

Students who are enrolling in IU Bloomington for summer 2026 through spring 2027 apply for standard admission to the Kelley School based on the following criteria.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for review, students must be designated as pre-business and 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 as a pre-business student. Applications submitted after two semesters will not be considered.

2. Credit hours

Complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of college coursework completed by the end of the semester in which you submit your Kelley standard admission application. Credits may include any college-level coursework on the transcript, including

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

3. Full-time enrollment

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

4. Integrated Core (I-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:

BUS-A 100 Basic Accounting (1 credit)
BUS-C 104/106 Business Presentations (3 credits)
BUS-K 201/204 Foundations of Business Information Systems and Decision-Making (3 credits)
BUS-T 175 Compass 1 (1.5 credits)
ENG-W 131** English Composition (3 credits)
ECON-B 251 Fundamentals of Economics for Business I (3 credits)
MATH-B110: Mathematics for Business and Public Affairs (3 credits)

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

ENG-W 170
ENG-W 171
CMLT-C 110

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 an A- (B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-)

Withdrawal (W)

Incomplete (I)

X grade (X)

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

Ineligible 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 A- 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 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 an 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 Advising & Major Exploration Services 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.