Graduation applications due tomorrow

Students enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences have one more day to submit their… Students enrolled in the School of Arts and Sciences have one more day to submit their graduation applications without a penalty.

After Friday, students will pay a fee starting at $25 when they turn in the application to the Arts and Sciences Office of Undergraduate Studies in 140 Thackeray. Fees will continue to increase the later applications are turned in.

Susan Crain, director of Student Records in the School of Arts and Sciences, declined to give the final day to submit applications with a late fee, saying she worried students would wait until the last possible moment.

Each academic school — like the Swanson School of Engineering or the College of General Studies — sets its own deadlines and fees.

The Friday deadline for the School of Arts and Sciences ensures that the Student Records Office will have time to inspect each application, Crain said.

Workers in the Student Records office ensure that students have met the General Education Requirements and that they have completed the correct number of credits and courses, although students are responsible for checking with their department advisers to confirm that all major and minor requirements have been completed.

As they go through the applications, staff members in Student Records will notify the students if there is a problem with their application. This process gives students enough time to correct any faults in their application during the add/drop period of their final semester, Crain said.

After the applications are approved, Student Records will send them to the Office of the University Registrar, which has its own deadline.

A bachelor’s degree in the School of Arts and Sciences requires 120 completed credits, with a minimum overall grade point average of 2.0 and a minimum average of 2.0 in one’s major. Applicants need to have completed all of the General Education Requirements and a major.

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