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Categories of Admission
- Regular status is offered to students who meet all of the established
entrance requirements. Individuals who apply during the final year
of undergraduate or current graduate work and are unable to supply transcripts
showing the conferral of the degree will be admitted pending the conferral of
the degree. Evidence of the earned degree must be provided prior to the first
day of classes in the term of admission.
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Provisional admission is offered to students who are seeking
admission to a degree program but lack specific prerequisites needed in the
major department. Students with provisional status are not eligible for
assistantships or fellowships until the provision has been met.
- Nondegree admission may be offered to students who apply too
late to submit standardized test scores but have supplied an official
transcript. Test scores must be submitted and accepted by the department by the
end of the first semester to be eligible to continue in a degree program.
Nondegree status is also offered to students
who wish to work to earn graduate credit with graduate status but do not
intend to work for a degree (e.g., certificate programs). Transcripts and GRE
scores are required for admission.
- Visiting scholar admission is offered to students who wish to
transfer graduate credits to another institution. A letter from the student's
graduate dean or registrar certifying good academic standing is accepted in lieu
of the transcripts and GRE scores. Visiting scholar status is generally limited
to a period of two years and is a non-degree status.
- Deferred admission - An offer of admission with financial support is made only for the semester and year stated in the acceptance offer letter. Acceptance of the offer may not be deferred, except with explicit permission from the academic department. Otherwise, an accepted applicant who must postpone acceptance of an offer of admission may only request that their application be reactivated for consideration the following year. As always, the applicant must notify the graduate office by the admissions deadline to reactivate the application.
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