On-line Application System

The Graduate School has developed an on-line application system whereby applicants may check the application status and receipt of application materials. Most decisions on admission and funding are not made until March 20th so your status will remain as “applied” until then. Applicants who do not receive admission and funding offers at that time remain on our departmental waitlist. Applicants on the departmental waitlist continue to be listed as “applied” for the on-line system. We understand how difficult it is to wait on these decisions and try to post information promptly and to notify applicants as soon as decisions are made. We hope that you are aware of the Council of Graduate Schools resolution regarding deadlines for financial aid offers to incoming graduate students. In brief, the resolution states that applicants should not be expected to reply to financial aid offers prior to April 15.

Missing Application Materials

The on-line system is a convenient way to check whether or not your application materials are posted.  ETS now reports GRE scores in a computerized form to universities but there is still a two to four week delay between when you take the exam and when universities post the score.

Many applications are submitted immediately before the deadline, which means longer delays for sorting and posting the materials at that time. The University is closed for a number of days between the end of fall semester and the beginning of spring semester so very little processing or posting can be done then. Early January is particularly busy since the new semester is beginning.

All of the materials that we have received will be entered by the first business day after February 1. If you check then and find any items missing, there will still be time for you to submit the missing information and to receive full consideration for admission and funding.

• Missing Letters of Recommendation

The on-line form lists the name of the recommender(s) from whom we do not yet have letter(s). Please contact your recommender(s) and ask them to send the letter(s).

• Missing Transcripts

Be sure to upload the transcripts for every college/university from which you received course credit.

• Missing Financial Certificates

International applicants are required to submit a financial certificate even if they do not have any funding. If you do not have funds, enter $0 on each line that asks about your sources of financial support.