Acceptance

Admission requests from applicants completing all steps of the admission process will be presented to the Admissions Committee. The Admissions Committee determines if an applicant is accepted and the admission status of that applicant based on the admission documents submitted by the applicant. Applicants will be notified of the Admissions Committee's decision.

Official Acceptance

Applicants meeting all admission eligibility requirements will be granted official acceptance by the Admissions Committee. Students entering with provisional or conditional status must meet the requirement for official acceptance before official acceptance is awarded.

Provisional Acceptance

If the Admissions Committee believes an applicant has the potential for success in the degree program to which admission is sought, the applicant may be accepted as a non-degree seeking student with provisional status. The applicant with provisional status must meet the following requirements to move from provisional to official acceptance:

• 1. Complete a minimum of 14 credit hours; and

  2. Earn a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better.

The provisional designation will be removed once the student meets these and all other admission requirements set by the Seminary. Applicants accepted on a provisional enrollment basis are limited to a maximum of 14 credit hours the first term of enrollment. A provisional status student with a cumulative GPA below 2.5 for the first term of enrollment is subject to immediate dismissal. The applicant accepted on a provisional basis may be considered for but not guaranteed scholarships, need-based assistance grants, and student employment.

Conditional Acceptance

Seminary applicants who have submitted a completed admission application form, an up-to-date autobiography, and an unofficial transcript may be accepted as a regular student with conditional enrollment status. Those students with conditional status have their first term of enrollment to submit all of the remaining required admission material. The applicant will be withdrawn from the program if he/she does not complete the admission requirements by the end of the first term. The student will not be eligible to register for a second term until the conditional status is removed. Any request for an exception to this designation of acceptance must be submitted to the Vice President for Academics through an academic petition.