Conditional Enrollment Information
We occasionally admit students to the program with condition(s) placed on their enrollment. A condition will be clearly stated within the admission offer letter. These students must fulfill the condition(s) prior to enrollment in the program (before the start of classes at Heinz).
What to do if you have a Condition(s) of Enrollment in your Admission Letter
- If you need to satisfy any of the conditions listed below, the condition will be clearly stated in your official admission letter
- Read the details of the condition below
- Contact the admissions office for questions/clarification heinz-conditions@andrew.cmu.edu
- Provide the Admissions Office appropriate proof of meeting the condition prior to your first class
Typical Conditions of Enrollment
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This condition requires that you take a course at an accredited university for both credit and a grade of 'B' or better (MOOC's such as Udemy and Coursera are not approved). The course should cover relational database design and an introduction to database programming.
The course must be completed prior to the start of your Heinz College program. In addition, upon completion you must request the official transcript be sent to Heinz College directly from the University where you took the course.
All students must notify Heinz College Admissions with the course that they plan to take to fulfill their condition. Students with a Database condition will receive a form via email where they can provide this course information to the Office of Admissions.
Students are strongly recommended to complete one of our pre-approved courses, which have been approved by the MISM faculty. If you would prefer to take an alternative (non pre-approved) course, you must contact the admissions office to verify that the course you are considering meets our standards. If you feel that you have already taken a course(s) to fulfill this condition and received a “B” or better in the course, please email the full syllabus of the course to heinz-conditions@andrew.cmu.edu. If the full syllabus is not in English, please provide us with both the original, as well as a self-translated version. -
This step applies to you if you applied to Heinz before graduating with your bachelor's degree OR if you did not provide an official transcript when you applied.
The transcript that was submitted to our office was not your "Final Official Transcript" because it did not include your date of graduation, name of the degree you earned and/ or was not an official copy of the document. Therefore, the transcript we have on file does not provide official proof that you earned your bachelor’s degree. This is a condition of your admission and you must provide an Official Final Transcript that confirms you have received your bachelor’s degree. Please read the guidelines below very carefully before submitting your Official Final Transcript.
There are requirements that ensure your transcript is “Final” and there are requirements that ensure your transcript is “Official.” You must meet all requirements to satisfy your Final Official Transcript condition.
In order to be a "Final" Transcript the document MUST:
- be in English
- state the title of your conferred bachelor’s degree (i.e. Bachelor of Science in Political Science)
- state the date your bachelor’s degree was conferred
- include the titles of all courses taken
- list the grades or marks received for each course
PLEASE NOTE: An official copy of your actual Diploma/Certificate should be sent along with the FINAL OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT when the name and/ or date of the degree conferred/awarded is NOT specified on your transcript. If you attended a college or university outside of the United States or Australia and already provided Heinz College Admissions with your transcript through a transcript evaluation service (such as WES or ECE), you DO NOT need to use an evaluation service when submitting your Official Final Transcript.
TIMING – Order your Final Official Transcript AFTER your degree has been conferred. Some schools actually confer degrees at a later date. Please DO NOT send Provisional Certificates. Contact your institution to be sure your degree is on your transcript.
How to Submit Official Transcripts
Submit Official Transcripts. For your documents to be considered official, they must be delivered to Heinz College in one of the following ways:- For study completed outside of China, official electronic transcripts and degree certificates may be sent directly from your university to:
heinz-transcripts@andrew.cmu.edu
- For study completed in China, please request your official electronic transcript via CSSD (formerly CHESICC) by requesting the following two (2) documents:
Online Verification Report of Higher Education Qualification Certificate (Indicates the final completion date of your undergraduate degree) AND
Verification Report of China Higher Education Student's Academic Transcript (shows academic performance for the entire duration of your studies).
CSSD uses a system called Parchment to securely deliver official documents directly to our application system (Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College).
- Parchment, Credential Solutions/eScrip Transcript Services if your university uses one of these services for official electronic transcripts and degree certificates, please select the following recipient when placing the order:
“Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College Graduate Admission”
In some systems, you may select Carnegie Mellon University first and then select the specific office of admissions as a next step. Be sure to select the option for "Heinz College". We will not receive transcripts sent to any other office at CMU that you may see listed.
- Delivery by Mail (e-delivery not available). If you cannot have an official transcript sent via electronic delivery, official paper transcripts and degree certificates should be mailed to the following address, and must arrive in a sealed, unopened envelope, signed across the seal by the registrar's office:
Heinz College Admissions
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Hamburg Hall 1101
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA
Paper documents that arrive in unsealed envelopes are considered unofficial and cannot be used to fulfill final transcript requirements.
New, campus-based students in Pittsburgh may hand-deliver official paper transcripts to the admissions office in Hamburg Hall (Room 1101). Hand-delivered official transcripts must be in unopened, original envelopes sealed by your university registrar. Please be sure to adhere to the current, relevant CMU Covid-19 protocols if you hand-deliver your official transcript to our office. Note that if electronic delivery is available for your official transcript, that is still the preferred delivery method for our office.
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Your enrollment at Heinz is conditional upon your successful completion of an Intermediate College Algebra or Advanced College Algebra course at an accredited college or university for credit and you must earn a grade of 'B' or better.
You may already be enrolled in such a course. If not, please register to take this course at an accredited college or university.
The course must be completed prior to the start of your Heinz College program. In addition, you must request the official transcript be sent to Heinz College directly from the school where you complete the course. For any course you are currently enrolled in or plan to enroll in, you must contact the admissions office to verify that the course meets our requirements: heinz-conditions@andrew.cmu.edu
Students who have not previously registered for and/ or completed the prerequisite College Algebra course can consider enrolling in the College Algebra course offered by Outlier. Students who decide to take this class via Outlier are required to take the class for credit and earn a grade of B or higher. -
Your enrollment at Heinz is conditional upon your successful completion of a precalculus course at an accredited college or university for credit and you must earn a grade of 'B' or better.
You may already be enrolled in such a course. If not, please register to take this course at an accredited college or university.
The course must be completed prior to the start of your Heinz College program. In addition, you must request the official transcript be sent to Heinz College directly from the school where you complete the course. For any course you are currently enrolled in or plan to enroll in, you must contact the admissions office to verify that the course meets our requirements: heinz-conditions@andrew.cmu.edu
Students who have not previously registered for and/ or completed the prerequisite precalculus course can consider enrolling in the Precalculus course offered by Outlier. Students who decide to take this class via Outlier are required to take the class for credit and earn a grade of B or higher.
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This condition requires that you take a course at an accredited university for both credit and a grade of 'B' or better (MOOC's such as Udemy and Coursera are not approved). The course should cover Object-Oriented Programming in Java or C++.
The course must be completed prior to the start of your Heinz College program. In addition, upon completion of the course you must request the official transcript be sent to Heinz College directly from the University where you took the course.
All students must notify Heinz College Admissions with the course that they plan to take to fulfill their condition. Students with a Programming condition will receive a form via email where they can provide this course information to the Office of Admissions.
Students are strongly recommended to complete one of our pre-approved courses, which have been approved by the MISM faculty. If you would prefer to take an alternative (non pre-approved) course, you must contact the admissions office to verify that the course you are considering meets our standards. If you feel that you have already taken a course(s) to fulfill this condition and received a “B” or better in the course, please email the full syllabus of the course to hnzadmit@andrew.cmu.edu. If the full syllabus is not in English, please provide us with both the original, as well as a self-translated version. -
This requirement can be met by completing a college-level introductory course in Python (strongly preferred), Java, C++, or C# with a grade of B or higher. There are two methods for students to choose from to satisfy the Programming requirement for MSHCA and MSPPM-DA:
- COMPLETE THE PYTHON COURSE VIA HEINZ COLLEGE (ONLINE COURSE OVER THE SUMMER): For MSHCA and MSPPM-DA students who have not completed a programming course (Python, Java, C++, or C#) prior to admission, they will be required to take and pass a free “Introduction to Python” course offered by Heinz College, which is available online during the summer prior to enrolling at Heinz College.
For more information on our free summer course, please visit our FAQs page. - COMPLETE THE COURSE AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION: This option requires that you have taken a course at an accredited university for both credit and a grade of 'B' or better (MOOC's such as Udemy and Coursera are not approved). The course must be completed prior to the start of your Heinz College program. In addition, upon completion of the course you must request the official transcript be sent to Heinz College directly from the University where you took the course.
You may either choose to take a pre-approved course or choose a course on your own. If choosing a course on your own, please contact heinz-conditions@andrew.cmu.edu to determine if the course you've identified meets the pre-enrollment requirement.
Click Here for a list of Pre-approved Programming Courses
- COMPLETE THE PYTHON COURSE VIA HEINZ COLLEGE (ONLINE COURSE OVER THE SUMMER): For MSHCA and MSPPM-DA students who have not completed a programming course (Python, Java, C++, or C#) prior to admission, they will be required to take and pass a free “Introduction to Python” course offered by Heinz College, which is available online during the summer prior to enrolling at Heinz College.
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Your enrollment is conditional on your successful completion of the Quantitative Skills Summer Program (QSSP), which is offered through online/remote delivery for free by Heinz college prior to beginning first semester. In order successfully meet the QSSP condition, students must earn a grade of 'B' or better (80+%) in each of the two the QSSP courses.
- The Pre-QSSP Assessment will be open from Thursday, May 2, 2024 - Sunday, May 5, 2024.
- The assessment will be used to gauge a student’s current quantitative skill set. This will help identify areas where instructors may need to spend additional time or inform students that additional preparation may serve them well (i.e. review of certain topics prior to the start of QSSP). The Pre-QSSP Assessment will also gauge if students have already mastered the topics covered in QSSP. If a student shows proficiency in all topics covered by QSSP, they will be able to be exempt from completing QSSP. More information on the Pre-QSSP Assessment can be found here.
- QSSP orientation will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- QSSP classes will begin on Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Classes are held Monday - Thursday from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT).
- Instructor/ Teaching Assistants' office hours are held Monday - Thursday from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM (EDT).
- Review sessions are held Saturdays from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM (EDT).
- QSSP classes will finish on Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- QSSP final exams will be held on July 11 and 12, 2024
- QSSP is free for enrolling students, as all costs are paid for by Heinz College
The Summer 2024 QSSP program schedule and dates are subject to change
Students are expected to attend each class during the program. Click here for more information about QSSP. Are you concerned about this requirement? Please contact our admissions office to discuss your concerns. We are happy to help. heinz-conditions@andrew.cmu.edu
For Students who were admitted to a Heinz College program without a QSSP condition, but would like to gain a refresh on quantitative coursework related to Introductory Probability and Introductory Mathematics for Management may audit the QSSP courses (your participation in this program will not result in a grade, and you will not receive feedback on any assignments or assessments). - Click here to learn more information
- The Pre-QSSP Assessment will be open from Thursday, May 2, 2024 - Sunday, May 5, 2024.
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Your enrollment at Heinz is conditional upon your successful completion of a college-level introductory Statistics course. Students have the following options to choose from in order to satisfy this requirement:
- Heinz College will be offering an online Statistics course over the summer and free of charge to our incoming students (part of our Quantitative Skills Summer Program, QSSP) with a Fall 2024 start date. Students who choose this option will be required to earn a grade of B or higher. Please return to this page at a later date for more details on this course. PLEASE NOTE: this is NOT an option for MISM-BIDA, MSPPM-Data Analytics or MSHCA students.
- Students can opt to take an approved Statistics class at an accredited college or university. You may already be enrolled in such a course. The course must be completed prior to the start of your Heinz College program. The course must be completed at an accredited college or university for credit and you must earn a grade of 'B' or better. In addition, you must request the official transcript be sent to Heinz College directly from the school where you complete the course. For any course you are currently enrolled in or plan to enroll in, you must contact the admissions office to verify that the course meets our requirements: heinz-conditions@andrew.cmu.edu
- Students can choose to enroll in the Statistics courses offered by Outlier. Students who decide to take this class via Outlier are required to take the class for credit and earn a grade of B or higher.
Students with a Statistics condition must notify Heinz College Admissions which option above (# 1, 2, or 3) and/or the specific information for the course that they plan to take to fulfill their condition. Students will be asked to submit an online form via their admissions portal where they can provide this course information to the Office of Admissions.
If you choose NOT to enroll in the online statistics course with Heinz College or in the course with Outlier, you must contact the admissions office to verify that the course you are considering will meet our requirements.
If you believe you have already taken a course that fulfills this condition (and you received a “B” or better in the course) or are currently enrolled in a course that could fulfill this condition, please email the full syllabus of the course to heinz-conditions@andrew.cmu.edu.
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You may have a condition included in your letter of admission that is not listed above. If you have any questions about such a condition, please contact the Office of Admission.