Adler School of Professional Psychology Catalog 2008 – 2009

• Strength of recommendations;
• Personal and professional presentation throughout
the admissions processes;
• Community service interest and/or experience;
• Professional and/or prior work experience; and
• Integrity, motivation, and personal ethics.
Provisional Admission
Successful applicants may be admitted with full standing or provisionally at
the sole discretion of the Admissions Committee. Provisional admission may be
granted when an applicant does not fully meet the requirements for admission
but demonstrates exceptional motivation or other qualifications as well as the
ability to comply with additional conditions specified by the Admissions
Committee.
Provisional status will be noted in the student’s academic file until the
provisional criteria for have been met. Students will be notified in writing when
full admission has been granted. It is the responsibility of students to actively
pursue completion of admission conditions and to submit documentation that
conditions have been met. Students who do not satisfy the conditions set forth
to achieve full admission will not be allowed to continue in the program.
Acceptance of Admission
Applicants, who are offered admission to an Adler School program, have
thirty days or until the priority deadline notification for Psy.D. to accept the offer.
Those who accept must return a signed statement of acceptance along with a
$500 (Psy.D. students) or $300 (M.A. and specialization students)
nonrefundable tuition deposit which will be credited toward payment of the first
term’s tuition and fees. Applicants for admission may receive a refund of the
tuition deposit if a letter requesting cancellation is received within five working
days after their statement of acceptance is received by the School; otherwise,
admitted applicants who choose not to enroll shall forfeit their deposit.
If a statement of acceptance is not received from applicants within the
stated deadline the offer of admission will no longer be valid, and the
applicant’s files will be inactivated.
Deferring Admission
Students, who have been fully admitted into a degree program, may defer
their admission for up to one year after their original term of admission. To
defer admission, the student must have their statement of acceptance along
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