Admission Detail of Business Administration at Midwestern State University
Entrance into the MBA program is open to business students as well as students without any previous business courses, provided that each applicant meets the general requirements for admission to graduate studies.
The general requirements for admission to the MBA program are:
Unconditional Admission
An applicant who meets each of the following admission criteria may be admitted unconditionally by the graduate faculty of the student’s intended major:
1. A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. (The equivalence of foreign degrees is evaluated by the Office of International Services.) The MSU Admissions Office must receive an official transcript, including one on which a bachelor’s degree is posted, directly from each institution the applicant has attended.
2. A GPA of at least 3.0 on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work exclusive of credit hours awarded by a two year college.
3. A satisfactory score on the GMAT. The MSU Admissions Office must receive official admissions test scores directly from the organization that administers the test.
4. An undergraduate background judged by the graduate faculty of the student’s intended major to be adequate for success in the student’s intended major.
Conditional Admission
An applicant who does not meet each of the above admission criteria may be conditionally admitted by the graduate faculty of the student’s intended major if the applicant has the following:
A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. (The equivalence of foreign degrees is evaluated by the Office of International Services.) The MSU Admissions Office must receive an official transcript, including one on which a bachelor’s degree is posted, directly from each institution the applicant has attended.
An official score for the GMAT. The MSU Admissions Office must receive official admissions test scores directly from the organization that administers the test.
A student who is conditionally admitted must remove the condition by earning a grade point average of 3.0 in the first four graduate courses (which total at least 12 SCH) applicable to the student’s graduate major. Students who are assessed additional undergraduate leveling work must complete that work at the direction and to the satisfaction of the coordinator of the student’s graduate major.
Conditional Admission by Review
An applicant who is not admitted under either of the above procedures may be conditionally admitted by review by the graduate faculty of the student’s intended major if the applicant has the following:
A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution. (The equivalence of foreign degrees is evaluated by the Office of International Services.) The MSU Admissions Office must receive an official transcript, including one on which a bachelor’s degree is posted, directly from each institution the applicant has attended.
An official score for the GMAT. The MSU Admissions Office must receive official admissions test scores directly from the organization that administers the test.
In cases where the applicant’s undergraduate GPA, or required admissions test score, or undergraduate background has been judged by the graduate faculty of 20 the student’s intended major to be inadequate for unconditional or conditional admission, the applicant may request consideration for conditional admission by review by providing documentation regarding one or more of the following factors:
a) an applicant’s academic record as a high school student and undergraduate student;
b) the socioeconomic background of the applicant while the applicant attended elementary and secondary school and was an undergraduate student, including any change in that background;
c) whether the applicant would be the first generation of the applicant’s family to attend or graduate from an undergraduate program or from a graduate or professional program;
d) whether the applicant has multilingual proficiency;
e) the applicant’s responsibilities while attending elementary and secondary school and as an undergraduate student including whether the applicant was employed, whether the applicant helped to raise children, and other similar factors;
f) to achieve geographic diversity: the applicant’s region of residence at the time of application and, if the applicant graduated from a public high school in Texas within the preceding 20 years, the region in which the applicant’s school district is located;
g) the applicant’s involvement in community activities;
h) the applicant’s demonstrated commitment to a particular field of study;
i) for admission to a professional program: the current comparative availability of members of that profession in the applicant’s region of residence in which the applicant attended elementary and secondary school; whether the applicant was automatically admitted to a general academic teaching institution as an undergraduate student under section 51.803 and the applicant’s personal interview.
A student who is conditionally admitted by review must remove the condition by earning a grade point average of 3.0 in the first four graduate courses (which total at least 12 SCH) applicable to the student’s graduate major. Students who are assessed additional undergraduate leveling work must complete that work at the direction and to the satisfaction of the coordinator of the student’s graduate major.
An applicant who has earned a master’s or higher degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education may be accepted on the basis of such degree.
Determination of conditions, if any, will be made by the graduate program coordinator.
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