Conditional Admissions Recommendation

Academic units have the option of recommending the applicant for admission with conditions. This indicates that an admissions committee has met and determined that it is not yet ready to recommend full admission for the applicant. This conditional recommendation is appropriate for applicants who:

• need to take undergraduate courses or other prerequisites;
• need to prove themselves capable of graduate course work in the program by making grades of B or higher in two or three required courses;
• need to satisfy any other valid conditions that a committee sets before full admission can be recommended; and
• reside in a foreign country that does not offer the GRE. Students in this last category may be granted, on the basis of a hardship, a one-semester postponement of the GRE but not of the TOEFL or IELT. Permission to register for subsequent semesters will require the submission of acceptable GRE scores, as defined by the academic unit.

Applicants wishing to discuss the conditions of the admission should contact the academic unit.

Up to 12 graduate hours that are successfully completed by students admitted with conditions may be used in their programs of study, subject to approval by the academic unit. The academic unit must monitor the progress of such students and send a new action sheet to The Graduate School recommending full admission once conditions have been met. Failure to meet said conditions may result in the cancellation of the student’s admission or enrollment privileges.

Graduate students admitted with conditions may receive financial aid, including assistantships and fellowships, but only if they meet all other requirements for such aid.