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 ADMISSION TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
 APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION to the Graduate School must be made to
the Director of Admissions on forms supplied by his office and at times stipu-
lated in the University Calendar. Applications which meet minimum standards
for admissions are referred by the Director to the graduate selection commit-
tees of the various colleges and divisions for approval or disapproval.
 No application will be considered unless the complete official transcripts
of all the applicant's undergraduate and graduate work are in the possession
of the Registrar, and no transcript will be accepted as official unless it is
received directly from the Registrar of the institution in which the work was
done. Official supplementary transcripts are required, as soon as they are
available, for any work completed after the application for admission has
been made. In general, no student who is a graduate of a nonaccredited insti-
tution will be considered for graduate study in any unit of the University.
 The University encourages applications from qualified persons of all cul-
tural, racial, religious, and ethnic groups.

 UNDERGRADUATE RECORD
 Unqualified admission to the Graduate School is commonly dependent
upon the presentation of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college
or curriculum, with an average grade of B or better for the junior and senior
years. In some units of the Graduate School and on the more advanced levels
of graduate study, an undergraduate average considerably above B may be
required. In some colleges and departments admission may be considered with
an average somewhat below B. Graduate admission selection committees con-
sider not only the general grade average, but the distribution of work and the
quality and extent of preparation for the graduate program the student pro-
poses to undertake.
 In addition, performance on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE-
 see next section) is used in evaluating an applicant, especially in cases where
 the undergraduate average is slightly below B or includes a large number of
 nontraditional grades.
 Prospective students should contact the department in the field of their
 interest to ascertain whether there are exceptions to the general rules above.
 While the general admissions requirements described above apply to both
 master's and doctoral candidates, it should be noted that doctoral candidates
 must meet certain additional requirements which vary according to the pro-
 grams established by the departments and colleges. Furthermore, it is desirable
 for students planning to enter certain colleges and departments to have a
 reading knowledge of at least one foreign language.

 GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION
 A satisfactory average score on the Graduate Record Examination is re-
 quired for admission. Each applicant for admission must submit scores on the