Admission Portfolio

If you are a transfer student and you do not meet the requirements for direct admission to the W. P. Carey School of Business B.S. or B.A. degree programs, you may submit an admission portfolio. Your portfolio will be reviewed by the department that you have specified on your application. Please note that this is a competitive admissions process and admission is not guaranteed. You must be admitted to ASU prior to submitting the portfolio. Preference will be given to students with at least a 3.0 cumulative ASU and/or transfer GPA.

Portfolio Requirements

A complete portfolio includes the following:

• A portfolio resume.
• Official or unofficial transcripts of all coursework transferred from other institutions.
• SAT (math and critical reasoning sections only) and/or ACT composite scores.
• One or two letters of recommendation (optional). Applicants should print and complete the official letter of recommendation form. This form should be submitted by the applicant in a sealed envelope with the recommender's signature across the seal. The applicant's ASU affiliate ID (if available) and name must appear on the letter and envelope.

  Submit to the attention of "Portfolio" in person or by mail to:

  Undergraduate Office
  W. P. Carey School of Business
  BA 109
  PO BOX 873406
  Tempe, AZ 85287-3406

• Completion of at least 30 semester hours of college coursework, including the following skill courses or their equivalents (all courses must be completed with a C grade or higher to be considered):
  
  

  Note: Accountancy majors are not required to complete CIS 220; CIS 105 is acceptable for admission.
  
  CIS 105 - Computer Applications and Information Technology (for non-accountancy majors),
  or
  CIS 220 - Programming Concepts.
  MAT 210 - Brief Calculus,
  or
  MAT 270 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I.
  MAT 211 - Math for Business Analysis,
  or
  MAT 271 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II.
  ECN 211 - Macroeconomic Principles.
  ECN 212 - Microeconomic Principles.
  ACC 230 or 231 - Uses of Accounting Information I

• In addition, students should have completed or be enrolled in the following courses or their equivalents:

  ECN 221 - Business Statistics.
  ACC 240 or 241 - Uses of Accounting Information II

• Preference will be given to students with at least a 3.0 cumulative ASU and/or Transfer GPA

• Students are only allowed a maximum of two (2) application attempts (via Admission Portfolio, Concurrent Degree Application, or Dual Concentration Application)

Portfolio Submission Deadlines

For Fall 2009 admission, we will begin accepting portfolios on Jan. 12, 2009. Completed portfolios are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009.

For Spring 2010 admission, students will have the opportunity to submit a portfolio beginning August 17, 2009.  Completed portfolios are due no later than 5:00pm on Friday, August 28, 2009.