Admission Policies
Regular Admission
Exception
Continuous Admission
Academic Forgiveness
Appeals
Regular Admission
Non-guaranteed admission to program of choice will be based on:
- completing all eligibility requirements and
- placements in a rank ordering of applicants according to the most recent cumulative GPA. GPA ties will be broken by awarding admission to the student with the most credit hours.
RANKING: Admission ranking will be as follows:
- Applicants who meet all basic eligibility requirements without the use of the Academic Forgiveness or Exception policies will be ranked by GPA and will be selected first for admission slots.
- Applicants who meet all basic eligibility requirements with the use of the Academic Forgiveness policy, but is not an exception, will be ranked by GPA and will be selected second for open admission slots.
- Applicants who fall under the Exception policy (regardless of Academic Forgiveness), will be ranked by GPA and will be selected third for open admission slots. Only the top 10% of exceptions will be granted admission, IF room is available in their chosen program.
Admission to professional education by exception is available to those students who meet one of the following at the time the application is submitted:
- Those who attempt three sections of the PPST but only pass two sections OR
- Those who's combined cumulative GPA or bachelor's degree GPA is below a 2.75
No applications will be considered as an exception that do not meet either the GPA or PPST requirement. At least one of the above criteria must be met.
Only up to 10% of the students in each admission cycle may be admitted by exception. Candidates for admission by exception will be ranked by their cumulative GPA. Applicants who turn in their application after the deadline will not be eligible for consideration as an exception until the next admission cycle, so the application will be returned to the applicant.
Students applying for admission by exception either by PPST or GPA are not eligible for continuous admission.
Admissions outside the regular admission schedule will be granted to those students who apply to a program with space available up until four days prior to the last day to add a class of that admission semester. Please see the Calendar for deadline dates.
Students applying outside the regular admission cycle MUST meet ALL the eligibility requirements, and no one will be admitted with exceptions to GPA or PPST requirements.
Students who have not been full time (12-completed credit load per semester) for three consecutive years would be eligible to apply for academic forgiveness one time in their academic career.
The Academic Forgiveness Policy does not replace other university policies and is used only in calculating GPA for admission to professional education. The admissions GPA would be based on the most recent 40 or more credits after an absence from an accredited institution of higher education for a minimum of three consecutive years. All credits would have to be from UWW or colleges and universities that would be accepted by the UWW Admissions Office and/or met UWW transfer equivalencies.
Post baccalaureate course work from an accredited institution would be considered on an individual bases as needed to meet admission requirements. (Classes taken within a single semester would not be split. In other words if a student had two semester of 18 credits each for a total of 36 credits and the third semester was a course load of 15 credits, all 15 credits would be counted for a total of 51 credits.)
Students who wish to appeal the decision denying them admission to Professional Education may appeal to the Student Status Examiner in the Dean's Office of the College of Education. This process is started by the student contacting the College of Education Winther Hall Information Desk (262-472-1184) to make an appointment with the Student Status Examiner.
Discrimination or rule violations are the only legitimate grounds for an appeal.
Make sure you understand the eligiblity requirements for admission to Professional Education. The burden of proof lies with the student. The Student Status Examiner's decision will be considered final.
Students who are denied admission because eligibility requirements were not met at the time of the admission deadline, may re-apply during "continuous admission" if program space is available and all eligibility requirements have now been met. Students may also re-apply at any future admission period.