MAE A - Z Index

Admission Requirements

Admission to the graduate program in AE is based on equal weighting of the following six criteria:

• An overall GPA, as calculated by the Graduate School, of 3.0 or higher in undergraduate coursework

• Relevance of the student's previous degrees to the AE curriculum

• Reputation of the Universities or Colleges the student has attended

• A sum of verbal and quantitative GRE scores of at least 1050 for MS or 1250 for PhD applicants.

• Three satisfactory written recommendation forms from prior professors or supervisors

• A written essay on the student's goals and reasons for pursuing graduate studies.

Admission Status

Unconditional Admissions
An applicant who shows by meeting all of the above criteria that they are fully prepared to start immediately on their selected graduate program of interest will be admitted unconditionally.

Probationary Admission
An applicant who fails to meet the condition for unconditional admission but satisfies at least four of the six criteria listed above will be considered for probationary admission. The graduate advisor normally identifies areas of deficiencies that must be removed by successfully completing assigned remedial courses before the admission status is changed to unconditional.

Provisionary Admission
An applicant unable to supply all of the required documentation prior to the admission deadline but who otherwise appears to meet the admission criteria may be granted provisional admission.

Denial
An applicant who fails to meet at least four of the six admission criteria will normally be denied admission.

Deferral
A deferred decision may be granted when an application file is incomplete or when a denied decision is not appropriate.

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