APPLICATION REVIEW
PROCESS
Q: When is the
application reviewed and how will I receive notification of my admission
decision?
A:
Applications are sent to the program faculty for review as soon as
all of the required materials have been received in the Graduate
Office.
After about four weeks, the
status of the application can be found on
GoSOLAR. You can find out what has not yet arrived at
Georgia State and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Applications must be complete
by the application completion
deadline in order to be reviewed. The length of time your
application may remain in the department for review varies greatly
from one department to another. Thus it may be several days
before your file is returned from the department, or it may be
several weeks. Furthermore, once a decision has been made regarding
your application, the file must be sent to the academic area Dean’s
Office for approval. This process can take as long as a week.
Therefore, it can be a period
of up to five weeks or more from the time an application is
considered complete to the occasion when it is returned to our
office with a final decision. As soon as we receive this decision,
we will post it on the "status" page at
GoSOLAR
and follow up with a personal letter by mail.
Q: Can I be admitted
provisionally pending submission of official documentation?
A:
No. In order to be considered for admission, you must submit all
required materials by the application deadline of the term for which
he or she seeks admission.
Q: If I am accepted,
for what kinds of financial aid might I qualify?
A.
Each department determines the amount and recipients of its
financial awards. Please contact the
department Director of Graduate Studies to which you have applied to
obtain more information about departmental tuition assistance and
stipends.
To check your qualifications for university financial aid,
contact the Enrollment Services financial aid division. Their Web
site is
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwfia/
Q: If I am accepted
into a program and wish to be considered for a different concentration
within the same department, how do I proceed?
A:
Depending on the department, you may need to submit a new
application or simply request approval from the Director of Graduate
Studies in the Department or School to which you gained admission.
Q: If I am accepted
into a program and wish to defer my admission, what are my options?
A:
You must notify the Graduate Director for the program to which you have
been accepted that you wish to postpone actual admission. Depending on
the department, the program may or may not allow you to change. Your
application is for, and you are admitted to a program at a specific
time. In any case, the College of Arts and Sciences will not authorize a
postponement for more than one year.
Applicants who wish to update their
acceptance beyond one year must reapply.
Q: If I am not
recommended for admission or wish to withdraw my application, may I have
my materials back?
A:
Once the materials have arrived in our office they become the
property of the University. For this reason no materials will
be returned or released to an applicant or to any other party, such
as another school or external agencies, for example.
Q: May I transfer
credits from another college or university?
A: You
may request to transfer a maximum of 6 semester hours toward a
master’s degree program and a maximum of 30 semester hours toward a
doctoral degree. However, a request for credit transfer can be made
only after you have been accepted and registered as a student at
Georgia State University. You will also need the
approval signed by your
graduate director and academic area dean.
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