Graduate School
University of South Florida
Graduate Admissions
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Admission Advisors
Mark Freeman (mfreeman@usf.edu)
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College of Business (BA)
College of Marine Science (MS)
College of The Arts (FA)
Deise Cedeño (deise@usf.edu)
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College of Education (ED)
Keri Uravich (kuravich@usf.edu)
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College of Behavioral & Community Sciences (BC)
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Admission Advisors
Lada Harland (lharland@usf.edu)
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College of Medicine (MD)
College of Nursing (NR)
College of Public Health (PH)
Graduate Studies (GS)
Tanya Delgado (tdelgado1@usf.edu)
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College of Engineering (EN)
Zuzana Moore (zmoore@usf.edu)
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College of Arts & Sciences (AS)
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Graduate Admissions
New USF Online Application
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Graduate Admissions
Application Process
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USF Online Application is submitted
by the applicant.
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Applications load to USF within 24 hours
Incoming Mail is received.
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Mail is sorted and referred to the
Banner Document Management
System (BDMS) for scanning.
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3-7 business days
14-21 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.
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1.
Application Fee Received?
If “YES” referred to Admission Advisor’s
queue for review (decision code PR).
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2.
3-7 business days
14-21 business days during peak times
If “No” an email is sent to applicant for
application fee (decision code RM).
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Open variable, pending action from applicant.
Applications are canceled after the term begins.
NOTE: Daily Application Detail Report will list all applications statuses.
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Daily Application Detail Report
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Referred to Admission
Advisor’s Queue for Review
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Residency
Legal Conduct
Academic Requirements
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3-7 business days
14-21 business days during peak times
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Referred to College/Department
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Complete applications (GAR Packets) are applications
that have a transcript and test scores. Email is sent to
advise applicant of status. GAR Packet is sent to college
which then forwards to department.
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3-7 business days
14-21 business days during peak times
Open GARs are canceled after the term begins (CN).
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Referred to College/Department
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Incomplete applications (MIPs*) are applications that
may be missing a transcript and/or test scores. Email is
sent to applicant requesting missing items. MIP is sent
to college which then forwards it to department.
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3-7 business days
14-21 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.
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College/Department - Decision
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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.
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30 days for a decision
60-90 days for a decision depending if additional
department requirements
NOTE: Open GARs are canceled after the term begins (CN).
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Graduate Admissions – Decisions
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The department sends the decision to the college.
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The college then forwards the decision to Graduate
Admissions.
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Graduate Admissions processes the decision within
24 hours of receipt.
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Official acceptance letter is printed and mailed
within 3- 7 business days.
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Graduate School:
http://www.grad.usf.edu/
Graduate Degree Programs:
http://www.grad.usf.edu/programs/programs.asp
Graduate Admissions:
http://www.grad.usf.edu/graduate-admissions.asp
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Graduate School
University of South Florida
Graduate Admissions
Francisco Vera
974-2829 or 974-0175 (lobby)
fvera@grad.usf.edu
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