Admissions
February 25, 2022
Admitted International Graduate Students to Request I-20 and DS-2019 in MyISSS
We are pleased to announce that GEMS in partnership with undergraduate admissions and the international student services offices for all three campuses is using a new system to manage immigration records and requests: International Student & Scholar Services (MyISSS). GEMS is working closely with students who submitted their request prior to February 16. Beginning February…
January 11, 2022
Updates to MyGrad, Memo 19, and Doctoral Videoconferencing
Please be advised of the following updates: A new Admissions Profile status of INACTIVE has been created in MyGrad. This new status is for the purpose of marking a program that is temporarily suspending admissions after following the Guidelines for Suspending Admissions to a Graduate Program and will be applied to an application profile by…
December 17, 2021
Winter 2022: Convey Admissions Decisions
Please be advised the fifth day of instruction, Friday, January 7, is an important admission deadline for Winter Quarter. The following actions should be taken in MGP no later than January 7: Submit admission petitions after you confirm a student has withdrawn from all classes (see SRF100 in the Student Database or MGP transcripts). Defer – admitted for Winter…
December 2, 2021
2021 MyGrad Application Update – One Year
Effective November 23, 2021: CAIR has updated the Application for Admission to limit the years available for applying. Applicants will now only have one year instead of two years available to use. Applicants will no longer see 2023 in the options for year and quarter to apply. Any applicant who has already started an application…
Admissions Offers – Reminders & Resources
As your Graduate Admissions Committees begin to review applications, we wanted to send you a few important reminders about admission offers. Please share this information with your Graduate Admissions Committees and others who are involved in the admissions process. • Graduate programs are responsible for making sure applicants meet minimum admission requirements outlined in Memo…
September 17, 2021
Autumn 2021: Convey Admissions Decision Deadline
Please be advised the fifth day of instruction, Tuesday, October 5th, is an important admission deadline for Autumn Quarter. The following actions should be taken in MGP no later than October 5: Submit admission petitions after you confirm a student has withdrawn from all classes (see SRF100 in the Student Database or MGP transcripts). Defer – admitted for Autumn…
July 22, 2021
Graduate School Accepting International English Language Testing System (IELTS)
We are happy to announce that the Graduate School is accepting International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test scores. We will be updating Memo 8: Graduate School English Language Proficiency Requirements and Memo 15: Conditions of Appointment for TAs who are not Native Speakers of English with details including these scores: Memo 8: IELTS …
June 18, 2021
Video Conferencing in Doctoral Examinations & Admissions Deferrals
June 17th: Amendment to Policy Exception for Video Conferencing in Doctoral Examinations We are writing to amend the policy exception for Video Conferencing in Doctoral Examinations: The Graduate School will continue to allow a student or any member of the supervisory committee to participate in doctoral exams by video conference during Autumn Quarter 2021 and…
Summer 2021: Convey Admissions Decisions by Friday, June 25
Friday, June 25th is an important Summer Quarter 2021 deadline. Please make sure you have completed these tasks in MyGrad no later than June 25th: Submit admission petitions after you confirm a student has withdrawn from all classes: Defer – admitted for summer deferring to a future quarter. See GEMS Graduate Advisor Guide for policies…
June 11, 2021
Changes in AEP Placement
In response to UW International & English Language Programs’ recent announcement about changes in AEP Placement (see below), GEMS has removed references to the AEP Placement Test from the Graduate School’s website. Please direct students with an English Language Proficiency Requirement per Memo 8 to the AEP placement webpage. Thank you for helping us support…
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