Admissions 2024 (for students applying to a 2024–25 Relay Teacher Program)

1. For all applicants: Applicants to Relay Graduate School of Education are required to satisfy all requirements on their institutional admissions checklist in order to be fully enrolled students. 

2. For applicants who have certain admissions requirements in-progress or outstanding at the time of admission: Applicants may be conditionally admitted to Relay. 

3. What is conditional admissions?: Conditional admissions refers to students who have been admitted conditionally to Relay on the basis of outstanding admissions requirements. While a student is conditionally admitted, they have academic and financial implications. Once a student who was conditionally admitted has satisfied their outstanding conditional admissions items, they are considered fully enrolled students at Relay. 

4. Academic Implications: 

   1. Students who do not satisfy their in-progress or outstanding admissions requirements by the deadline may be administratively withdrawn from Relay. 

   2. 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a GPA that does not meet the admissions requirements for their program, the student may be administratively withdrawn. 

5. Financial Implications: The following implications apply to all students who are conditionally admitted:

   1. Federal Aid: Students conditionally admitted are ineligible for federal aid (i.e., federal unsubsidized direct loans and TEACH grants).

   2. Tuition Charges: Students remain responsible for paying the full balance of tuition and fees that have been charged to them if enrolled past the term census date. 

   3. Loan Deferral Implications: Students are ineligible to receive in-school deferment for pre-existing student loans. Students in Alt Route programs do not qualify for in-school loan deferment under any circumstances.

   4. Veteran Affairs (VA) Implications: Students seeking to apply for VA benefits in an approved location are considered by the VA as “non-matriculated” students. Therefore, the VA will limit those students’ eligibility of benefits to two consecutive terms.

      1. If after two consecutive terms the student remains conditionally admitted to Relay (considered non-matriculated by the VA), they cannot receive additional benefits.  

6. Certification Implications

   1. Students who do not satisfy their in-progress or outstanding admissions requirements by the deadline will be ineligible for certification/licensure in their state. 

   2. Students remain ineligible for certification/licensure in their state until they are fully admitted and have met eligibility criteria for their teaching certificate/license. Employers may have earlier deadlines for obtaining a provisional-level teaching certificate/license. It is the responsibility of the applicant to understand and meet their employer’s deadlines, which may mean that they need to submit materials prior to Relay’s deadlines.