Direct Admission:  Beginning Fall 2008, highly-qualified high school students can be admitted directly to the Tippie College of Business.

• You must apply to the University as a pre-business major.
• You must have a composite ACT of 27 or higher and a high school GPA of 3.7 or higher.*
• Students directly admitted to the College of Business are eligible to apply to the Tippie Scholars Program (Deadline: February 1, 2009 for Fall 2009 admissions).

*Beginning with the entering class of Fall 2009. For prior semesters, an admissions index of 140 is required.

Accelerated Admission:  Pre-business students admitted or readmitted to the University Fall 2007 or after who satisfy the following criteria will be offered accelerated admission.

• Enroll at the University for at least one semester, but no more than three semesters, and earn a minimum of 12 semester hours of University of Iowa credit (with a passing mark) but no more than 59 hours of credit.
• Complete three prerequisiste course:; Calculus and Matrix Algebra for Business, Statistics for Business and either Principles of Microeconomics or Principles of Macroeconomics (or their equivalents)
• Earn no grade lower than a C in any prerequisite course required for admission.
• Earn a University of Iowa, cumulative and prerequisite GPA of 2.75 or higher. The prerequisite GPA will be calculated using grades from all applicable course work.

Standard Admission:  Admission option for students who have earned at least 60 semester hours of credit.

• If you are currently enrolled at The University of Iowa, you must apply to the Tippie College of Business by the established deadline
• If you are a transfer student, you must apply to the University of Iowa by established deadline
• You must complete six prerequisite courses (or equivalents) with no grade lower than a C and a prerequisite GPA of 2.75
• You must earn a University of Iowa, cumulative, and prerequisite GPA of 2.75 or higher.

Note:  Additional GPA requirement for admission to the accounting major includes a 3.00 University of Iowa and cumulative GPA, 2.75 on all prerequisites with no grade lower than a C and a 2.67 (B-) average in Introduction to Financial Accounting and Managerial Accounting.

All admission options require that the applicant has had no prior charges or violations of academic misconduct.

Admission Appeals: Submit your appeal form and documentation to The Undergraduate Program Office. You may email the completed Adobe file to beth-ingram@uiowa.edu or you may print the form and submit it to the reception desk in C140 PBB. Only students denied admission under Standard Admission may appeal the decision. No appeals are accepted for accelerated or direct admission decisions.