Types of Admission

Final Admissions

Provisional Admissions

10% Exception Admissions

Conditional Admissions

Applicants accepted for admission whose official documents (transcripts and/or test scores) have been received by the Office of Graduate Studies are admitted as “Final.” The admission file is complete.

Applicants accepted for admission whose official documents (transcripts

and/or test scores) have not been received by the Office of Graduate Studies are admitted provisionally pending receipt of these missing items. The required transcripts and/or test scores must be received before a second semester registration is permitted.

If the missing documents are not provided by the end of the first semester of attendance, the student’s admission into a degree seeking program may be rescinded and the transcript of completed coursework will reflect non-degree seeking status.

Applicants from non-regionally accredited U.S. institutions may apply for

special consideration for admission on an individual basis if:

• they score at least 1000 on the verbal plus quantitative portions

of the GRE General Test, or 500 on the Graduate Management Admission

Test (GMAT), and

• have a "B" average or better on all work attempted as an

upper division student working for a baccalaureate degree.

The University may admit up to 10% of new enrollees as exceptions to the Board of Trustees minimum requirements. To be considered for an exception, a student should:

• present evidence that their academic preparation was such that it might account for less than the minimal scores on the GRE and the GPA, and

• Present evidence of potential for academic success such as:

  a.  excellent letters of recommendation from trusted academicians

  b.  performance in graduate courses taken as a post-bachelor's

       student

c.  professional experience in his/her discipline for a period of time, etc.

Each request for a 10% exception must include a statement describing the special circumstances of the applicant. It is up to the discretion of the program and college to accept exception application requests.

A program and/or college may admit students conditionally upon satisfaction of requirements separate from University minimum requirements.

These conditions may include attendance in specific core or remedial courses and/or required earned GPA of 3.0 for those courses.

Failure to satisfy conditions required by the program and/or college will result in academic dismissal from the program.