Admissions 2025 (for students applying to a 2025-26 Relay Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) and/or Teacher Certification program)

Summary:

• Students are required to submit to Relay their official bachelor's degree-conferred transcript to begin coursework. 
• Students who are in the process of completing their bachelor's degree coursework may be provisionally admitted to Relay pending receipt of their official bachelor's degree-conferred transcript. 
• Once Relay has received and reviewed a student's official bachelor's degree-conferred transcript, a student can be registered for, and attend coursework. 
• Students who do not satisfy their provisional admissions requirements by the deadline will have the opportunity to defer their admission to a future term. 

1. For all applicants: Applicants to Relay Graduate School of Education are required to satisfy all requirements on their admissions checklists in order to enroll in Relay coursework. 
2. For applicants who have their bachelor's degree-in-progress at the time of admission: Applicants may be provisionally admitted to Relay.
   1. Note: Applicants in the following states, who earned their bachelor's degree outside of the United States may be eligible for provisional admissions if Relay has received the official course-by-course evaluation stating that a degree equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution has been earned. These students would be provisionally admitted pending receipt of the official international transcript. 
      1. Connecticut
      2. Illinois
      3. New York
      4. Tennessee
      5. Texas
3. What is Provisional Admissions? Provisional admissions refers to students who have been admitted provisionally to Relay, receiving and accepting an admissions offer with outstanding admissions requirements. While a student is provisionally admitted they have academic, financial, and certification implications. Once a student who was provisionally admitted has satisfied their outstanding provisional admission requirements, they are considered fully admitted students at Relay and can register for coursework. 
4. Academic Implications
   1. Students who are Provisionally Admitted cannot be registered for coursework until they have provided Relay with their official, degree-conferred transcript. An official, degree-conferred transcript displays that a bachelor's degree has been awarded by the institution, and includes the date the degree was conferred. See below for due dates. 
   2. Students who do not satisfy their provisional admission requirements by the due dates listed below will be prompted to either defer their admission to a future term, or they will be administratively withdrawn from Relay.
   3. If the official degree-conferred transcript submitted by the student demonstrates a GPA that does not meet the admissions requirements for their program, the student may have their offer of admission rescinded. 
   4. Students who are Provisionally Admitted to Relay must satisfy their provisional admissions requirements by the following dates:
      1. To Begin in the Summer 2025 Term: Requirements must be fulfilled by 7/23/2025. 
      2. To Begin in the Fall 2025 Term: Requirements must be fulfilled by 8/28/2025. 
   5. Students who are Provisionally Admitted to Relay who satisfy their Provisional Admissions earlier may work with their advisor via the due dates below to take coursework earlier in the term. 
5. Financial Implications: The following implications apply to all students who are provisionally admitted:
   1. Federal Aid - Students who are provisionally admitted are not eligible for federal aid until official enrolled, matriculated, and attending courses (i.e., federal unsubsidized direct loans and TEACH grants). Providing that students are in a federal aid eligible program, a student would become eligible for federal aid once they have satisfied their provisional admissions' status. 
   2. Loan Deferral Implications - Students are ineligible to receive in-school deferment for pre-existing student loans. Students in certification only programs do not qualify for in-school deferment under any circumstances.  

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