Admission Portfolio

If 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.

If you are looking to submit the concurrent degree application, please note that you must also submit the same materials as an admission portfolio (see below).     

A complete portfolio includes the following:

• A completed portfolio resume
  
  
• Official or Unofficial transcripts of all coursework transferred from other institutions.  Transcripts must be dropped off to BA 109 by 5pm on the portfolio submission deadline (see below for deadlines).
  
  
• SAT (math and critical reasoning sections only) and/or ACT composite scores
  
  

• 1-2 letters of recommendation (optional). Applicants should fill out the official letter of recommendation form.  This form should be submitted by the applicant in a sealed envelope with the recommender's signature across seal. The applicant's ASU affiliate ID (if available) and name must appear on letter and envelope.  Letters must be postmarked or delivered to BA 109 by 5pm on the portfolio submission deadline (see below for deadlines).

  Submit to the attention of “Portfolio” (or "Concurrent Degree Application") 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 thirty 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: Non-Accountancy majors may use CIS 220 in lieu of CIS 105.

CIS 105 -  Computer Applications and Information Technology (for non-Accountancy Majors)
or
CIS 220 - Programming Concepts (for Accountancy Majors);
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 

Portfolio submission deadlines:

To be considered for admission to a W. P. Carey B.S. degree program for a specific semester, complete portfolios must be submitted to the W. P. Carey Undergraduate Programs Office, BA 109, in accordance with the following timeline:

For Fall 2008 admission, students will have the opportunity to submit a portfolio beginning May 4, 2008.  Completed portfolios are due no later than 5:00pm on Friday, May 16, 2008. 

For Spring 2009 admission, we will begin accepting portfolios on August 18, 2008.  Completed portfolios are due no later than 5:00pm on Friday, August 29, 2008.