Graduate Admissions Graduate School University of South Florida 1

Admission Advisors Mark Freeman ( ) College of Business (BA) College of Business (BA) College of Marine Science (MS) College of Marine Science (MS) College of The Arts (FA) College of The Arts (FA) Deise Cedeño ( ) College of Education (ED) College of Education (ED) Keri Uravich ( ) College of Behavioral & Community Sciences (BC) College of Behavioral & Community Sciences (BC) 2

Admission Advisors Lada Harland College of Medicine (MD) College of Medicine (MD) College of Nursing (NR) College of Nursing (NR) College of Public Health (PH) College of Public Health (PH) Graduate Studies (GS) Graduate Studies (GS) Tanya Delgado ( ) College of Engineering (EN) College of Engineering (EN) Zuzana Moore ( ) College of Arts & Sciences (AS) College of Arts & Sciences (AS) 3

Graduate Admissions New USF Online Application 4

Graduate Admissions Application Process USF Online Application is submitted by the applicant.  Applications load to USF within 24 hours Incoming Mail is received. 5

Mail is sorted and referred to the Banner Document Management System (BDMS) for scanning.  3-7 business days  business days during peak times NOTE: Departmental documents such as recommendation letters, statement of purpose, writing samples, DVD, CD, portfolios, etc. are forwarded to the graduate program. 6

Application Fee Received? 1. If “YES” referred to Admission Advisor’s queue for review (decision code PR).  3-7 business days  business days during peak times 2. If “No” an is sent to applicant for application fee (decision code RM).  Open variable, pending action from applicant.  Applications are canceled after the term begins. NOTE: Daily Application Detail Report will list all applications statuses. 7

Daily Application Detail Report 8

Referred to Admission Advisor’s Queue for Review 1. Residency 2. Legal Conduct 3. Academic Requirements  3-7 business days  business days during peak times 9

Referred to College/Department 1. Complete applications (GAR Packets) are applications that have a transcript and test scores. is sent to advise applicant of status. GAR Packet is sent to college which then forwards to department.  3-7 business days  business days during peak times  Open GARs are canceled after the term begins (CN). 10

Referred to College/Department 1. Incomplete applications (MIPs*) are applications that may be missing a transcript and/or test scores. is sent to applicant requesting missing items. MIP is sent to college which then forwards it to department.  3-7 business days  business days during peak times  MIPs are canceled after the term begins (CP). *Missing Item Packet (MIP) will be issued with transcripts pending the test score. 11

College/Department - Decision 1. The decision may take less than 30 days or longer depending if additional department requirements have not been received by the department. Department should contact applicant.  30 days for a decision  days for a decision depending if additional department requirements NOTE: Open GARs are canceled after the term begins (CN). 12

Graduate Admissions – Decisions 1. The department sends the decision to the college. 2. The college then forwards the decision to Graduate Admissions. 3. Graduate Admissions processes the decision within 24 hours of receipt. 4. Official acceptance letter is printed and mailed within 3- 7 business days. 13

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