Graduate Students

To apply for Graduate School at Mount Aloysius College, applicants must submit the following information to the office of Undergraduate and Graduate Admissions:

1. A completed application form with the nonrefundable application fee.
   
2. An official transcript issued to Mount Aloysius College from every institution, regardless of whether or not a degree was earned. An official transcript is one that is sent or carried to the College in an envelope sealed by the granting university. Students with an overall grade point average below 3.2 on a 4.0 scale may be required to take the GRE or other exam to be determined by the Program Director.
3. A personal statement which includes the following:
   1. a brief description of the applicant’s background, training, and experience;
   2. a statement indicating the career goals of the applicant and his or her reasons for seeking admission to this program;
   3. a description of the areas which the applicant considers to be his or her strengths and areas in which the applicant wishes to develop greater strengths and abilities; and
   4. personal information the applicant wishes to share.
4. Applicants whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English Language (TOEFL) and submit a score of not less than 550 (paper) or 213 (electronic). If the applicant has a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally-accredited U.S. college or university, the TOEFL requirement is waived.

At the discretion of the Program Director, applicants may be asked to submit letters of recommendation that verify professional experience, academic ability, volunteer experience, and aptitude for the proposed career path, as well as complete a personal interview.

Applicants to the General Psychology and Health and Human Services Administration programs who are deciding to pursue the thesis option must show evidence of successful completion of undergraduate statistics and research methods courses. If an applicant has not completed both courses, he or she is expected to do so prior to matriculation, or, is expected to enroll in the social science research course prior to enrolling in the Quantitative Data Analysis and Research Methods courses in the graduate program.

Provisional Admission
Graduate students may be admitted provisionally to the College upon approval of the program director if they do not meet all the academic pre-requisites for full admission to a graduate program. Graduate students who are accepted provisionally must take six (6) credits and complete both courses with a “B” or better. Students must meet with the graduate advisor or Coordinator of Graduate Admissions to determine their specific provisional guidelines. To change status to full admission to a program, students must meet with the program director upon completion of the six credits. Provisional acceptance is done on a case-per-case basis.

Transfer Credits
A maximum of six (6) semester credits earned prior to matriculation at Mount Aloysius College may be accepted in transfer upon the recommendation of the Program Director and with the approval of the Dean. To be considered for transfer, the credits must meet the following criteria:

1. Credits must be listed on an official transcript.
2. The credits must have been earned at a regionally-accredited institution.
3. The credits must be clearly designated as graduate credits.
4. The grade earned must be a Pass or a “B” or higher.
5. The credits must have been earned within ten years preceding matriculation at Mount Aloysius College.
6. Syllabi may be required.

Students should seek the transfer of credits during the first semester of graduate study at Mount Aloysius College. Transfer credits will appear on the transcript as fulfilling program requirements or as electives. Transfer credits do not affect the GPA.

Conversions and Rounding
All transfer credit awards are made in semester credits. If a student submits a transcript for evaluation that uses a quarter credit system (or any system which is not a semester credit system), all credit values are converted to semester credits. Semester credit values are rounded to the nearest hundredth.

For more Information Contact:
Andy Clouse
Associate Director of Admissions and Coordinator of Graduate Admissions
aclouse@mtaloy.edu
814-886-6480