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A. Admission Criteria
1. A bachelor's degree in Education or related field from an
accredited institution.
2. Grade point average of 3.0 or higher for all upper division credits taken at the undergraduate level. or
3. Score at the 35th percentile or above on the Miller
Analogies Test (MAT) or score at the 35th percentile or above on one of the sections of the Graduate
Record Examination
(GRE)(Verbal, Quantitative, Analytical).
4. Submit admission forms and application fee to the Office of Graduate Studies, and be admitted by the Office of Graduate Studies.
5. Successful submission of a letter of interest in the Ed. Admin. Master's program.
6. Fulfill any addtional requirements of the proposed master's program area.
B. Admission Process
1. The applicant may submit either paper application or electronic
application.
Application materials may be obtained from the Department of Educational
Leadership or the ISU Office of Graduate Studies. International application materials are available at the ISU
International Student Admissions and can be
downloaded online.
2. Applicants must
submit the following application materials to the ISU Office of Graduate Studies:
a. Admission
application (Please click  to access online application for graduate programs;
b.
Official transcripts of all undergraduate academic work;
c.
Official scores of Graduate
Record Examination or Miller Analogies Test.
3. When an application for admission to the Master's Program in Educational Leadership is received, it is forwarded from the ISU Office of
Graduate Studies to the College of Education and Department of Educational
Leadership. The Department reviews the application for completeness and
acceptability. If materials are missing the applicant will be informed in writing.
4. If the application is complete, the Department Chair will make a recommendation that the applicant either be accepted as Classified, Conditional, Unclassified, or
may reject the application if the applicant fails to meet the required criteria. The application is then forwarded through the College of Education to the ISU Office of
Graduate Studies.
Classified Status may be granted to graduates of accredited
institutions who have earned an grade point average of 3.0 or higher for all upper
division credits taken at the undergraduate level, and achieved and submitted official GRE scores that meet or exceed minimum requirements (35%tile or better in at
least one area).
Conditional Status may be granted to those students who do not
have an acceptable undergraduate GPA, and/or have not yet taken the GRE or MAT test, or achieved scores that do not meet minimum requirements.
Unclassified Status may be granted to applicants holding a bachelor's degree who
desire to take courses for graduate credit for personal or professional enrichment, but who do not want to pursue a graduate degree. There is no assurance that
courses taken under Unclassified status may be used later to satisfy degree
requirements.
C.
Notification of Admission
1. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance or rejection via a letter
from the ISU Office of Graduate Studies.
2. Applicants for
admission to the Master's Program in Educational Leadership will
also be notified of their acceptance or rejection via a letter
from the College of Education - Department of Educational Leadership. The acceptance
notice will include a package of informational materials, as well as an
advisor assignment.
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