Have any of you been admitted to a school without completing one of its prereqs? I know some (most?) schools issues acceptances "assuming completion of pre-reqs", I'm just wondering if they are ever lenient on enforcing this.
Getting admitted without completing prereqs
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You can get an acceptance without all the prereqs. You cannot matriculate without the prereqs.
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Anecdotally, I know people that were admitted to schools with completing pre-reqs (e.g., biochemistry, some labs, etc.).
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True, but these are rare. Most don't have requirements other than "before matriculation."
After another reading of this school's website I realized I won't meet one of their requirements. Yes, I should have tripled-check this before applying, but what's done is done. I was wondering if anyone here had had any success in getting a school to be lenient with them about this.
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One of my friends had her acceptance recinded in April to her first choice school because she didn't have a prereq fulfilled...
While they are rare, they are not unheard of. Why waste a few applications when you could have applied elsewhere for the same amount of effort/money?
For example for eastern schools Wake Forest, Temple (or maybe Drexel), Penn State, and Cornell all require pre-reqs done prior to application or by January of your senior year. Many other schools "strongly recommend" that pre-reqs be completed before application, though I bet if one has very strong grades, it won't make the slightest difference.
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