Would anyone be able to describe the "provisional" program to me?

bopper
Tue, 24 Apr 2018 01:53:38 +0000

"Along the lines of improving the quality of the College’s students, the trustees announced an opportunity for students placed on the wait list, known as the Provisional Student Pilot Program. This program allows students who were not admitted to take three courses at a reduced fee, according to Robert A. Altman’s address to the Board of Trustees.

If these students perform well, they will become “regularly matriculated students in the spring,” Gitenstein said. She explained that the program is designed to fill rooms left over from students who decide to study abroad in the spring."

http://www.tcnjsignal.net/2012/07/13/tuition-and-fees-increase-college-introduces-provisional-program-for-waitlisted-students/

Many universities do this. (e.g., Boston U College of General Studies)…they want to have students to fill in housing that is empty when students study abroad in the spring. Also the students are not full time and therefore are not included in the stats for full-time fall students (like would be shown in the Common Data Set).

So for your friend’s daughter, they may not have quite the scores/grades for a regular fall admit but they get the chance to prove themselves and then become “regular” students if they do well.They probably also get more support in the transition to college.