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Domestic applicants seeking admission to the doctoral program must meet the following criteria and submit the required documentation as stipulated. Admission packages for membership in the fall cohort are accepted on a rolling basis, and there are still limited spots for the Fall 2024 cohort. The admissions process consists of two stages with the first being a paper-based document review and the second, a performance-based assessment that includes a writing sample and interview. Additionally, an early application period occurs at a February 1st deadline. Anyone who has submitted all application materials by February 1st qualifies for the early admissions process.
The 招生 Committee will review all documents and rate the applicants based on their ability to complete requirements within the doctoral program successfully. 在某些情况下, a conditional status may be granted with additional preparation required for an applicant to obtain full graduate status. In the event this review leads the Committee to make an affirmative decision, the applicant will advance to Stage Two of the application process. All decisions made by the 招生 Committee are final.
Those applicants recommended for additional consideration will be invited to complete a writing sample.
The applicants who score well on the writing activity sample will be invited to an interview.
The 招生 Committee will review all available data and forward a final recommendation for, 或者否认, 申请人的录取. The decision of the 招生 Committee is final. 收到承兑通知后, applicants will work with the program director to complete a program of study appropriate to the degree program and concentration(s) she or he has selected. Admitted applicants will be required to attend a program orientation before beginning their work in the program. Failure to do so will result in a deferred enrollment or re-assessment of the admittance decision.
有条件的
Applicants may also be admitted to the doctoral program on a conditional basis. An assignment of this status indicates that, although all mandatory admissions paperwork has been duly submitted, one or more criteria required for program admission have not yet been met. 有条件的 status is often accorded as a result of the writing activity scores that do not meet the program's required level of performance.
Candidates who enter with a conditional status will submit a collection of assignments from the first two terms of coursework which will be subject to review by two doctoral faculty members. This review will occur at the end of the second term of coursework.
给n that this review indicates, 在全体教员看来, the candidate has the required knowledge and skills to successfully complete the program, his or her admission will be changed to reflect full graduate status.
全日制毕业生身份
Candidates who have successfully met all program requirements, 在入学, are accorded full graduate status.