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COUNSELOR NEWSLETTERDecember 2023
We’re sure this isn’t news to you, but ling the FAFSA will look a little dierent this year. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will be available starting December 31 at fafsa.gov. The deadline to apply for maximum nancial aid consideration is April 15, 2024, so students will have a shorter window of time to apply this year. In light of the changes, we’re here to help students navigate the new FAFSA. Students and their families may schedule a virtual one-on-one appointment with one of our nancial aid experts if they have questions.Ball State’s school code for FAFSA is 001786.Explore Ball State’s scholarships and other need-based opportunities online at bsu.edu/naid. All of our automatic, merit-based scholarships awarded through Admissions are rolling decisions, meaning that we can update them for a student based upon 7th or 8th semester grades and/or test scores. Students are encouraged to continually send us new information to ensure we are reviewing their highest overall weighted GPA and scores. Do you have a student thinking ahead to medical school? Have them check out the Bachelors to Medical Degree (B/MD) pathway at Ball State! Indiana residents can submit an application for the B/MD after they’ve been admitted to Ball State. Students accepted into the B/MD are provided a provisional seat in the IU School of Medicine—Muncie campus as a freshman at Ball State. Benets of the program include tailored academic advising for aspiring medical students, access to research opportunities as an undergrad that are reserved for graduate students, and early clinical experiences. The B/MD is highly competitive with limited spaces available. Students enrolled in the B/MD must meet competitive GPA requirements each year and earn no less than the average MCAT from IU Medical School’s entering class from the previous year to keep their seat in the IU Medical School’s program.FAFSA & SCHOLARSHIPSMEDICAL DEGREE PATHWAY AT BALL STATEUPDATES FROMBALL STATE UNIVERSITYTEACHERS COLLEGEWill your school be holding a career fair for students? Ball State Teachers College would love to represent the teaching profession at your event! We will bring lots of information about what it takes to be a teacher, a current teaching major to interact with your students, and some great SWAG. If interested, please contact Katie Crews at kabenson@bsu.edu.
We’re sure this isn’t news to you, but ling the FAFSA will look a little dierent this year. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will be available starting December 31 at fafsa.gov. The deadline to apply for maximum nancial aid consideration is April 15, 2024, so students will have a shorter window of time to apply this year. In light of the changes, we’re here to help students navigate the new FAFSA. Students and their families may schedule a virtual one-on-one appointment with one of our nancial aid experts if they have questions.Ball State’s school code for FAFSA is 001786.Explore Ball State’s scholarships and other need-based opportunities online at bsu.edu/naid. All of our automatic, merit-based scholarships awarded through Admissions are rolling decisions, meaning that we can update them for a student based upon 7th or 8th semester grades and/or test scores. Students are encouraged to continually send us new information to ensure we are reviewing their highest overall weighted GPA and scores. Do you have a student thinking ahead to medical school? Have them check out the Bachelors to Medical Degree (B/MD) pathway at Ball State! Indiana residents can submit an application for the B/MD after they’ve been admitted to Ball State. Students accepted into the B/MD are provided a provisional seat in the IU School of Medicine—Muncie campus as a freshman at Ball State. Benets of the program include tailored academic advising for aspiring medical students, access to research opportunities as an undergrad that are reserved for graduate students, and early clinical experiences. The B/MD is highly competitive with limited spaces available. Students enrolled in the B/MD must meet competitive GPA requirements each year and earn no less than the average MCAT from IU Medical School’s entering class from the previous year to keep their seat in the IU Medical School’s program.FAFSA & SCHOLARSHIPSMEDICAL DEGREE PATHWAY AT BALL STATEUPDATES FROMBALL STATE UNIVERSITYTEACHERS COLLEGEWill your school be holding a career fair for students? Ball State Teachers College would love to represent the teaching profession at your event! We will bring lots of information about what it takes to be a teacher, a current teaching major to interact with your students, and some great SWAG. If interested, please contact Katie Crews at kabenson@bsu.edu.
EVENTS & RESOURCESVISIT CAMPUSADMISSIONS CONTACTNot sure who your Admissions contact is at Ball State? Use our Sta Directory to connect to the person working with your school and students! Many thanks to those who joined us this past November! We enjoyed connecting with you and showing you what our campus has to oer.Registration for our next Counselor Connection Day will open in Fall 2024. We hope you to see you there!Group VisitsIf you’re interested in bringing students to Ball State’s campus, be sure to register for a group visit. Group visit registration goes live on December 7. Visit bsu.edu/visit to get your pick of dates early!Special Visit EventsStudents may also consider attending one of our other visit events taking place this spring:Preview Days on March 16 and April 20. Designed to introduce students to Ball State, Preview Day may be the perfect event for a sophomore or junior that’s beginning their college search this spring.Admitted Student Day on April 12. This is a huge celebration that we invite all admitted students to participate in. There’s nothing like having 4,000 incoming students and their families on campus for one day to celebrate them on their admission to Ball State.Explore Ball State Day on April 18 is by invitation only. This event is designed to assist underrepresented students in their college search.Working with family members? Click Here and encourage them to check out Ball State related updates on our webpage for parents and guardians. FAMILY RESOURCESCOUNSELOR CONNECTION DAYNEW COUNSELOR RESOURCES WEBPAGEWe completely re-built our Counselor Resources webpage to more easily provide you with acess to information, tools, and resources you need for students interested in Ball State!Check out our new and improved webpage and empower your students to join the Cardinal family by clicking here.We encourage you to sign up for Slate.org if you haven’t already. With this handy tool, you can see your students’ progress on turning in any missing materials, view their admission decision, and more. SEE ALL OURSPECIAL VISIT EVENTS
EVENTS & RESOURCESVISIT CAMPUSADMISSIONS CONTACTNot sure who your Admissions contact is at Ball State? Use our Sta Directory to connect to the person working with your school and students! Many thanks to those who joined us this past November! We enjoyed connecting with you and showing you what our campus has to oer.Registration for our next Counselor Connection Day will open in Fall 2024. We hope you to see you there!Group VisitsIf you’re interested in bringing students to Ball State’s campus, be sure to register for a group visit. Group visit registration goes live on December 7. Visit bsu.edu/visit to get your pick of dates early!Special Visit EventsStudents may also consider attending one of our other visit events taking place this spring:Preview Days on March 16 and April 20. Designed to introduce students to Ball State, Preview Day may be the perfect event for a sophomore or junior that’s beginning their college search this spring.Admitted Student Day on April 12. This is a huge celebration that we invite all admitted students to participate in. There’s nothing like having 4,000 incoming students and their families on campus for one day to celebrate them on their admission to Ball State.Explore Ball State Day on April 18 is by invitation only. This event is designed to assist underrepresented students in their college search.Working with family members? Click Here and encourage them to check out Ball State related updates on our webpage for parents and guardians. FAMILY RESOURCESCOUNSELOR CONNECTION DAYNEW COUNSELOR RESOURCES WEBPAGEWe completely re-built our Counselor Resources webpage to more easily provide you with acess to information, tools, and resources you need for students interested in Ball State!Check out our new and improved webpage and empower your students to join the Cardinal family by clicking here.We encourage you to sign up for Slate.org if you haven’t already. With this handy tool, you can see your students’ progress on turning in any missing materials, view their admission decision, and more. SEE ALL OURSPECIAL VISIT EVENTS
Ball State University and Ivy Tech Community College Muncie launched a dual-enrollment partnership program in 2022 to oer students a transitional pathway to a bachelor’s degree. This program is specically for select high school students that applied to Ball State, were waitlisted, and invited to apply to the NEST program. Participating students will take general education and pre-requisite courses at Ivy Tech’s Muncie campus and take one class per semester at Ball State. NEST students will live in residence halls alongside other Ball State students and be able to participate in most campus community activities.Students who complete the NEST program with a GPA of 2.5 or better will complete their Indiana College Core requirements and earn guaranteed admission to Ball State as a transfer student. The NEST program is available by invitation only. Invitations will be extended to select studetns at the beginning of the spring semester. If you have questions about NEST, contact the Transfer Center at transfer@bsu.edu or by calling 765-285-5604. If you have a student who has been put on our waitlist, we’ve notied them in their decision letter in their Cardinal Landing portal as to why they were waitlisted and the steps they can take to have their application reevaluated.If an applicant is waitlisted because of their GPA, we will need to see an updated trimester or semester transcript. Once grades are posted, we encourage the student to request another transcript be sent to Ball State so we can take a second look. Reminders will be sent to applicants in a few weeks to submit updated 7th semester transcripts.If an applicant is waitlisted because of their curriculum or trends, we need to see that they are on track to meet our CORE 40 requirements (ex: haven’t successfully completed Algebra 2) or show a signicant improvement in their academics following a recent downward trend.NEST PROGRAMDENIED STUDENTSWAITLISTED STUDENTSIf you have a student who has been denied admission, they still have options to ultimately attend Ball State. All students who are denied admission are given information about our Transfer Flight Path programs. This is an opportunity for students to begin their journey toward a bachelor’s degree at Ivy Tech or Vincennes University while still providing the academic support of Ball State advisors. We highly encourage students interested in completing their degree to enroll in one of these programs by lling out our Transfer Flight Paths form. Students denied admission to Ball State can appeal by submitting new academic information like an updated transcript or new test score. Once we receive their new information, an appeal form will be added to their Cardinal Landing portal.
Ball State University and Ivy Tech Community College Muncie launched a dual-enrollmentpartnership program in 2022 to oer students a transitional pathway to a bachelor’s degree.This program is specically for select high school students that applied to Ball State,were waitlisted, and invited to apply to the NEST program. Participating students will take general education and pre-requisite courses at Ivy Tech’s Muncie campus and takeone class per semester at Ball State. NEST students will live in residence halls alongsideother Ball State students and be able to participate in most campus community activities.Students who complete the NEST program with a GPA of 2.5 or better will complete theirIndiana College Core requirements and earn guaranteed admission to Ball State as atransfer student.The NEST program is available byinvitation only. Invitations will be extended to select students at thebeginning of the spring semester. If youhave questions about NEST, contact theTransfer Center attransfer@bsu.edu or by calling 765-285-5604.If you have a student who has been put on our waitlist,we’ve notied them in their decision letter in their CardinalLanding portal as to why they were waitlisted and the stepsthey can take to have their application reevaluated.If an applicant is waitlisted because of their GPA, we willneed to see an updated trimester or semester transcript.Once grades are posted, we encourage the student torequest another transcript be sent to Ball State so we cantake a second look. Reminders will be sent to applicants ina few weeks to submit updated 7th semester transcripts.If an applicant is waitlisted because of their curriculum or trends, we need to see that they are on track to meet our CORE 40 requirements (ex: haven’t successfully completedAlgebra 2) or show a signicant improvement in theiracademics following a recent downward trend.NEST PROGRAMDENIED STUDENTSWAITLISTED STUDENTSIf you have a student who has been denied admission,they still have options to ultimately attend Ball State. Allstudents who are denied admission are given informationabout ourTransfer Flight Path programs. This is an opportunity for students to begin their journey toward abachelor’s degree at Ivy Tech or Vincennes University whilestill providing the academic support of Ball State advisors.We highly encourage students interested in completingtheir degree to enroll in one of these programs by lling outourTransfer Flight Paths form. Students denied admission to Ball State can appeal bysubmitting new academic information like an updatedtranscript or new test score. Once we receive their newinformation, an appeal form will be added to theirCardinal Landing portal.
CONTACT & CONNECT WITH US:@ballstatebound#ballstateboundOce of Undergraduate AdmissionsLucina Hall, Ball State University2000 W University Ave., Muncie, IN 47306800-285-4278 · 765-285-2205askus@bsu.edu