Application Requirements

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  • Completed application
  • $25 application fee
  • Official transcripts
  • Autobiography (see application)
  • Application supplement (see application)
  • Two personal reference forms
  • Interview with Program Director
  • Admission to the program does not require a current or prior teaching license or certificate
  • Suggested application deadlines are: 
  •  Fall semester - July 1
     Spring semester - November 1* 
     Summer semester - March 1*     

             *New requirements for conditional admission effective Spring 2009

Online Application Link

 
 
Regular Admission Requirements
  • Hold a Baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution with at least a minimum cumulative g.p.a. of 3.00.
  • Complete all required admission procedures.
  • Submit the counseling application supplement (Graduate admission packet).
  • Submit three personal reference in lieu of recommendation forms (Graduate admission packet).
  • As a part of the application process, applicants may be requested to attend an on-campus interview with program faculty. The purpose of the interview is to determine if the applicant evidences a readiness for graduate study and possesses the attributes that will contribute to the successful completion of the degree program and eventual professional/clinical licensure.
 
Conditional Admission (Summer/Fall 2008)
  • Applicants with a minimum cumulative g.p.a. of 2.50-2.99 may be considered for admission if it is believed the applicant has the potential to be successful in the program.
  • Applicants must submit all items listed under the Regular Admission requirements for the counseling programs.
  • The Director of Counselor Education will make a determination on granting Conditional Admission status based upon review of all required materials.
  • Students assigned this status will be granted Regular Admission upon successful completion of 12 semester hours of coursework with a minimum required g.p.a. of 3.00.
Conditional Admission (Beginning Spring 2009)
  • Applicants with a minimum cumulative g.p.a. of 2.99 or less may be considered for admission if it is believed the applicant has the potential to be successful in the program.
  • Applicants must submit all items listed under the Regular Admission requirements for the counseling programs.
  • Applicants must submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores yielding a 900 composite (verbal and quantitative combined) or the Miller's Analogy Test (MAT) with a Raw Score of 33 (Scaled Score of 388).
  • All materials will be reviewed by the Director of Counselor and Guidance Education, along with the faculty, who will make a determination on granting Conditional Admission status based upon review of all required materials.
  • Students assigned this status will be granted Regular Admission upon successful completion of 12 semester hours of coursework with a minimum required g.p.a. of 3.00.
Non-Degree Admission
  • Post master’s degree students seeking to take courses in the Counselor Education Program to meet the requirements for licensure through the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board or licensure through the Ohio Department of Education as a School Counselor must complete the Regular Admissions Process outlined in the Graduate Counselor Education Program Admission Requirements.
  • Furthermore, students must complete at least 75% of post-degree academic requirements for licensure at Malone College (A lesser percentage may be evaluated on a case-by-case basis).
  • All applicable coursework must have been completed within seven years.
  • Older courses may be approved on a case-by-case basis. 

If you have any questions about the application requirements, please contact the Graduate Admissions office at grad@malone.edu or 330-471-8224 or 1-800-257-4723, ext. 8224.
1.800.521.1146