Graduation Check List

• To apply for graduation, you must complete the Application for Graduation. You will indicate on this form how you would like your name spelled on printed graduation lists and on your diploma. Please submit this in person to the Center for Student Services.

• Inclusion in email lists regarding graduation exercises and senior events can only be ensured if students successfully complete the Application for Graduation. Information emailed to students includes ordering graduation attire, class ring sales, yearbook portrait dates, graduation packet pick-up dates, applications for awards, and 100 Nights Celebration.

• To receive your diploma, make sure your address is updated in MMConnect.

It is your responsibility to complete the 120 credits required for your degree prior to graduation. Students no longer need to meet in person with the Associate Registrar to review degree requirements. A letter will be sent to your MMC email account from Ruth Falconer, Associate Registrar, after you have submitted your Application for Graduation. This graduation audit letter will inform you of your graduation status and any outstanding course requirements.

The graduation audit letter will also inform you of your degree date. If you have a September 2012, February 2013 or June 2013 degree date, you are automatically eligible to participate in the Commencement ceremony in May 2013.

Note for Students with a September 2013 Degree Date: If you plan to graduate after taking some summer courses (September 2013 degree date), you might be eligible to participate in the May 2013 graduation ceremony before starting your summer courses. Please see Graduation Participation Requirements for Students with a September Degree Date

Possible Issues Regarding Outstanding Requirements:

• Course Substitutions 



If a required course is listed as an outstanding requirement and you were approved for a substitution in it's place, please contact the department or division chairperson.  The appropriate chairperson must email a copy of the course substitution to rfalconer@mmm.edu  in the Center for Student Services as the original copy is not in your graduation file.

• Equivalent Course at Another School



If a course is listed as an outstanding requirement, but you took the equivalent course at another institution, you should have the other institution send an official transcript to the Center for Student Services.   In addition, you may also need to complete a permission form, which will require approvals from the Division Chair and Dean of Academic Advisement.  Contact the Center for Student Services for more information (212-517-0500 or css@mmm.edu).

• Transfer Credit



If your transcript is already on file but you did not receive transfer credit, please contact Ms. Muli Torkornoo (ntorkornoo@mmm.edu), Director of Transfer Student Advisement, in the Office of Academic Advisement, located in lower level in the Nugent Building.  She will review your course and transcript with you.

• Proficiency Exam



If an outstanding requirement was satisfied by a proficiency exam (AP/CLEP/NYU-Foreign Language), a copy of your scores may not be on file.  Contact the Center for Student Services in person or by email at css@mmm.edu.   If your scores are not on file, you will need to have your official scores re-sent to MMC.

• General Questions Regarding Outstanding Requirements



Discuss any general questions regarding outstanding requirements with your academic or faculty advisor.  You should bring a copy of your graduation audit letter (received via email from Ruth Falconer) to the meeting so it can be reviewed with the advisor.

• Detailed/Specific Questions



If you have very specific, more detail-oriented questions regarding outstanding requirements that your faculty advisor cannot answer, please go to the Office of Academic Advisement to arrange an appointment with an Academic Advisor. 

If you plan to participate in this May's Commencement ceremony, you must order your cap and gown online. Please go to http://www.oakhalli.com/college/marymountmanhattancollege by Monday, April 1, 2013 to place your order. There is no cost to you for your graduation attire, and it will be yours to keep. If you have any difficulty ordering your attire, please email graduation@mmm.edu.

• If you have any Stafford loans, you must complete online exit counseling. This should be done while taking your final set of classes, typically spring semester if you have a June graduation date (your degree date is indicated in your graduation audit email).

• The Center for Student Services will email you instructions on how to complete your exit counseling for student loans during your final term.

• The Center for Student Services will place a hold on your account if your exit counseling is not complete. The hold will prevent you from picking up your graduation tickets and attire.

• If you have a hold on your account, you will not be allowed to pick up your graduation packet (which includes graduation attire and tickets) until all holds have been cleared.

• You also will not receive your diploma until your holds have been cleared.

• During Graduation Packet Pick-up, students will inform the College of their plans to participate in Commencement, receive graduation tickets, receive pre-ordered academic attire, fill out senior surveys, update post-graduation contact information, and receive other important graduation-related information.

• If you plan to participate in the Commencement Ceremony, you must attend packet pick-up in person.

• The College cannot ensure that your name will be printed in the Commencement program if you have not completed your Application for Graduation by April 20, 2012.

• September 2012 graduates who wish to participate in the May 2012 Commencement ceremony must have also completed the Request to Participate in May Graduation form and should read carefully through the Graduation Participation Requirements for Students with a September Degree Date.

Students must complete a minimum of 120 credits (including all MMC requirements).

Upon completion of the final semester and once grades have been processed, a final degree audit review (evaluation) will be performed. If you have any outstanding degree requirements, you will be deferred to the next graduation date. You will receive a letter (sent to the permanent address the Center for Student Services has on file for you) to notify you of your final graduation status. Your diploma will be mailed approximately 60 days after your degree date, if there are no outstanding requirements.