Graduate Provisional Admission Status

Provisional admission status may be granted to potential graduate students who have strong potential for academic success but:

• are Adrian College undergraduates who will not complete their undergraduate degrees by the graduate program start date,
• require remedial coursework before beginning program coursework, or
• have not met one of the admissions criteria.

Permission is required from the Dean of Graduate Studies to grant this status to applicants.  The following defines three kinds of applicants who may be eligible for admission under this policy:

1. Incomplete bachelor’s degrees: Adrian College undergraduate students who will not graduate with a bachelor’s degree prior to the graduate program start date, have met all other admissions requirements, and have undergone the evaluation process for admission to a graduate program may register as Graduate Provisional Admission Status students.
2. Remedial coursework: Students who have met all admissions requirements and have undergone the evaluation process for admission to a graduate program but lack prerequisite courses or content knowledge required by a graduate program may be granted Graduate Provisional Admission Status. Students must complete the prerequisite coursework within two academic terms and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher in these courses before full admission into a graduate program may occur.
3. Missing admissions criteria: Students who do not meet one of the admissions criteria but are nominated for admission by Adrian College faculty on a provisional basis will be granted Graduate Provisional Admission Status. Students are admitted under this status for one academic term. If they earn a GPA of 3.0 or higher in their first six credit hours, students may be fully admitted into their graduate program.