Graduate Admissions Types of Admissions

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

Provisional Admissions
Applicants accepted for admission whose official documents (transcripts and/or test scores) have not been received by the Office of Graduate Admissions 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provided by the end of the first semester of attendance, the student’s admission into a degree seeking program may be rescinded and the transcript of completed coursework will reflect non-degree seeking status.

10% Exception Admissions
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 University and/or program requirements, and evidence of potential for academic success such as excellent letters of recommendation from trusted academicians, performance in graduate courses taken as a post-bachelor’s student, 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 the discretion of the program and college to accept exception application requests.

Conditional Admissions
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.