Application Documentation

Matriculated Students and Candidates Are to Note the Following:

• All documents, transcripts, and other papers submitted for admission become the property of the University and will not be returned.
• A student is not officially admitted or denied admission until he/she has been notified by the Program Director. Applicants are notified of their status via email through the admissions portal.
• After official notification of acceptance, application material and transcripts are kept on file for one year. If the candidate has not matriculated within that year, he/she ordinarily reapplies and is subject to the rules and regulations that are in effect at the time of the new application.
• Incomplete dossiers are kept on file no longer than one year.
• The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires that, prior to attending classes full-time (nine credits or more per semester), graduate students must be immunized against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, Hepatitis B and meningitis.

Non-matriculated Students:

Non-matriculated student status may be granted by the Program Director to individuals who either have 

1. an application in progress or
2. are interested in assessing the goodness-of-fit between program or course format prior to formally applying or
3. are interested in selected courses without intending to matriculate into the program.

A student is allowed to take up to two courses as a non-matriculated student. The Rehabilitation Counseling program has the discretion to allow up to four courses as a non-matriculated student. Non-matriculated students must review their undergraduate transcript with the Program Director prior to course registration (unless waived by the Program Director), and their undergraduate GPA must meet the minimum entry requirements of the Program.

Please note that registration is granted to non-matriculated students in cases where classroom space is available.

Non-matriculated students are not allowed to register for additional courses until they have been accepted into the degree program. Permission to enroll in graduate courses as a non-matriculated student does not guarantee an individual admission to the Program nor does it guarantee that the courses taken will be accepted in fulfillment of degree and/or licensure requirements. The Program Director reserves the right to grant credit toward a degree for courses taken before admittance into the degree program.

Federal financial aid is not granted to non-matriculating students. To qualify for financial aid, students must be accepted into a program as a matriculating student and are required to enroll in 6 credits per semester.