Readmission Policy
A student who was terminated from a degree program in the department or who did not maintain continuous enrollment or withdrew, may apply for re-admission to the program by following the below procedures:
- A Graduate School application form must be completed and the fee paid (Graduate School requirement).
- Other than the application form, students may use material from their old departmental file, if it is still available (transcripts, letters for reference, GRE scores, writing sample, etc), to complete the re-application process. The information required for re-application is same as that required for first-time students. Required application material may change over time, and it is the student’s responsibility to make sure that his or her application is appropriately updated by the deadline date.
- The deadline for submission of all admissions material for doctoral students who apply for re-admission is the same as that for new applicants. (See the Admissions page for submission deadlines).
- All admissions files must be complete before they will be forwarded to the faculty review committee.
- Faculty in each program area will review student applications (both readmissions and first-time admissions) and make admission recommendations to the Director of Graduate Programs.
- Program faculty involved in making recommendations for readmission may also make specific stipulations regarding the student’s plan of work (e.g., extra course work, setting a time table).
- Both first time applicants and those applying for re-admittance will be competing for a predetermined number of admission slots.
- Students who are readmitted will be assigned a committee chair to assist them with their plan of work and dissertation research.
