| Online Master of Arts in Administration (with concentration in Communication Arts) |
There was no interview or essay required for admission. The only
requirements for admission were the completion of a regionally-
accredited bachelor's degree with a 2.5 GPA (mine was a B.S. degree in
Individualized Studies from Charter Oak State College), and a
satisfactory score on either the GRE, GMAT, or MAT (that is the Miller's
Analogies Test, not be confused with another test called the Measure of
Academic Achievement, which some of you may have heard of). I do not
remember what the cut-off for the GMAT or GRE was. I elected to take the
MAT because it is cheaper and was given locally. My graduate advisor
told me that the cut-off for the MAT was a score of 40. The MAT is
scored without weights. There are 100 questions, and a score of 40 means
that you have to answer 40 questions correctly in order to meet the cut-
off for UIW graduate programs. I should note that I took the MAT about a
year ago. When I had first contact the graduate admissions department at
UIW, in September 2002, an advisor told me that the MAT was accetable in
lieu of either the GRE or GMAT. I did not take the test until March
2003. After my graduate advisor recieved my score, she told me that the
MAT was no longer valid for graduate admissions. I told her that I was
told in September that it was, so I took the MAT on good faith, thinking
that it would suffice. They did accept my MAT score (60, placing me in
the 81% percentile) and elected not to require me to take the GRE or
GMAT. My advice to prospective students is to plan on having to take the
GMAT or GRE, but, if you already have an MAT score that is no more than
five years old, check to see, first, if they willl accept that, before
shelling out the money for the GRE or the GMAT. Overall, the admissions
process is very streamlined, and I did not have to wait long for a
response from the school. Selectivity does not seem to be major problem,
as it is likely less selective for its graduate programs than, say, UT-
Austin is for its graduate programs.
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