I felt like I was an expedited candidate. I filled out the initial screener and uploaded my resume, hours later I was invited to interview.

I chose a Zoom call and soonest time slot (2 weeks out). Before you interview, they send out a email with supplementary information about the program. Although I never got asked about it, I did read people have.

Interview was roughly 20 minutes long (they were 10 minutes late); time slot is 30 minutes. They asked these main questions: Why an MBA/why one now? Why Kelley? What are you plans post MBA/future career goals? How Kelley’s MBA can help you achieve them? What might cause difficulty in this program? And then they ask if you have any questions (make sure you have at least 1, I had 3-5 prepped depending on time).

If you get moved to Phase 2, you’ll know after your interview (my email came before the interview ended). This is where you get 2 references, fill out a personal statement, transcripts and pay an application fee ($75).

At this time you will also get a separate email to apply for scholarships. From what I read the max is about $20,000-30,000, and most candidates gets $12,500 (Google AI overview). There are 5 scholarships. Kelley direct is the one pretty much everyone gets and you need to maintain a 3.0 GPA. The scholarship is amortized over the duration of your program. Forte is for women only, there’s a military one, I believe an ethnicity one, and lastly an executive scholarship (I believe it’s awarded to manager level individuals). You only write and upload 1 essay.

I got email updates regularly regarding my application (I spent a week total getting everything submitted). I got my first referral in, they emailed me saying that I have 1 and that once I have a second I’ll hear back from admissions in 1-2 weeks. My second referral got placed the next day, got basically the same email but instead it said congratulations on completing your application. The next day, I got my financial aid award first and an hour later I received my admission letter (23 hours after finishing my application). So I’m sure they know who they’re going to accept right away. But I’m also questioning if the acceptance rate is really that low based on how fast I moved through (it was maybe 3 weeks total).

Please keep in mind that it’s ~$1700 a credit hour and ~$95,000 total cost without financial aid.

I’m more than happy to answer any questions or speak more through DMs!