BACHELORS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BBA)

Admission as a Business Scholars

The Business Scholars Program pre-selects a small number of highly qualified applicants for admission to the Cox School of Business as freshmen. Scholars are selected by merit, based on a review of the SMU Application for Admission, with special emphasis on SAT/ACT scores, grade point average, and curriculum. Scholars who entered SMU in Fall 2006 had an average SAT score of 1380 coupled with very challenging curricula and high grade point averages.

To be considered for the Business Scholars program, applicants simply list business as their first academic interest on the SMU Application for Admission.  There is no additional application form required for consideration. This program is only available to first-year applicants entering SMU in a fall semester. The selection process for the Scholars Program follows the traditional admission cycle, with notification of selection by April of the senior year of high school.

Business Scholars are also automatically considered for Business School Scholarships. Scholarship awards are made to new scholars in late spring, prior to their SMU enrollment. In 2006, roughly 40% of new scholars received a Business School Scholarship in addition to their SMU scholarship.