The Ivey Advanced Entry Opportunity (AEO) extends conditional, pre-admission status to the HBA program to exceptional secondary school students.  Ivey AEO applicants are assessed on their academic record and demonstrated leadership in extracurricular activities, community involvement, and work experience.  Ivey AEO status is only available to students who choose to study at Western or one of the affiliated university colleges (in a faculty of their choice) for their first two years of university.

Students must first be admitted to Western or one of the affiliated university colleges before being offered Ivey AEO status.  Applicants are notified separately from the Registrar's Office concerning their admission to first year.

Approximately 2/3 of the Ivey HBA class are formerly Ivey AEOs, the remaining 1/3 are students from Western and other universities who develop an interest in business during their first two years of study.
Students interested in the Ivey AEO apply to Western or one of the affiliated university colleges on the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) form.  They must also apply separately to the Richard Ivey School of Business. The Ivey AEO application is only available on-line at www.ivey.uwo.ca/hba.   There is an application fee of $100 payable to the Ivey Business School. 

Both applications are due by the OUAC application deadline in January. 

A competitive Ivey AEO application includes:

• 90%+ average in your final year of secondary school
• Completion of a mathematics course for university bound students
• Demonstrated leadership in extracurricular activities, community involvement, and work experience.

• Enrol at Western or one of the Affiliated University Colleges for Years 1 and 2 with a full course load (5.0 full courses) during the regular academic year (September – April) in each year. Permission to register for an online course will be granted by the HBA Program Services Office only under special circumstances;
• Achieve an overall two-year average of 80.0% in 10.0 full university credits (5.0 in each year) in any faculty in any program with no failed courses;
• Enrol in a module and take a minimum of 2.0 of the required courses for that module plus Business Administration 2257 in Year 2;
• Take all senior (2000 and higher) level courses in Year 2 including Business Administration 2257. Permission to register for a first-year course in Year 2 will be granted by the HBA Program Services Office only under special circumstances;
• Achieve no less than 70% in Business Administration 2257 taken between September and April of Year 2;
• Complete the equivalent of a Grade 12 U-level mathematics course, if not taken during secondary school;
• Continue involvement, achievement, and leadership in extracurricular activities in Years 1 and 2;
• Complete an Ivey AEO Update form between Years 1 and 2 so that Ivey can provide feedback on progression to date; and,
• Complete the Ivey AEO Intent to Register form in Year 2 to confirm intention to join the Ivey HBA Program in Year 3.

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