Admissions 2024 (for students applying to a 2024-25 Relay Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) and/or Teacher Certification program) Policy Headlines

1. For all applicants: Applicants to Relay Graduate School of Education are required to satisfy all requirements on their admissions checklists in order to be fully admitted students (i.e. application, institutional admissions, transcript enrollment, post-admissions, educator preparation program, if applicable).
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, financial, and certification/licensure implications. Once a student who was conditionally admitted has satisfied their outstanding conditional admissions items, they are considered fully admitted students at Relay.
4. Academic Implications
   1. Students who do not satisfy their in-progress or outstanding admissions requirements by the deadlines listed below may be administratively withdrawn from Relay.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a GPA that does not meet the admissions requirements for their program, the student may be administratively withdrawn.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
   1. Federal Aid - Students conditionally admitted are not eligible 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 an Alternative Route program do not qualify for in-school loan deferment under any circumstances.
   4. Veteran Affairs (VA) Implications - Students who are conditionally admitted to Relay and are 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/Licensure Implications
   1. Students who do not satisfy their in-progress or outstanding admissions requirements by the deadlines listed below 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 teachign 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 they need to submit materials prior to Relay's deadlines.

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Conditional Admissions Information and Deadlines

Applicable to: Applicants who have accepted an offer of admissions to Relay and have not yet provided their official transcript demonstrating an earned bachelor's degree.

Please note: 

• Applicants cannot be conditionally admitted on the basis of their outstanding bachelor's degree transcript after Monday, July 31, 2024.
• Applicants submitting transcripts from their bachelor's degree granting institution beginning Monday, August 1, 2024 must submit the official degree-conferred transcript from their bachelor's degree granting institution in order to have their application reviewed and receive an offer of admissions to Relay.

How to Satisfy:

Applicants must submit to Relay an official transcript that demonstrates that they have earned their bachelor's degree. Please see instructions on submitting transcripts here.

Are there any extensions to submit? No.

Deadlines to Submit Table