Graduate Studies Reapplication, Reentry, or Deferral
Reapplication
If you applied to the Departments of Sociology and Rural Sociology and were not admitted for the fall semester, you can reapply. You will need to reapply through the Graduate School's on-line application website and pay the $45 fee again. Submit a new Statement of Reasons for Graduate Study and any other new information such as a transcript if you have taken more classes. After you reapply, please notify us with an email to gradinfo@ssc.wisc.edu. We will then associate your previous file with the new file.
Reentry
The Graduate School has specific instructions for previously registered graduate students of UW-Madison. Instructions for reentry. After you have applied for reentry to the Graduate School, notify Sandy Ramer, Sociology Department Graduate Advisor.
Deferral
Our Graduate Program does not defer enrollment to the spring semester. The program is structured to begin in the fall, with a new graduate student orientation and with a required proseminar for new graduate students. Being part of a cohort is beneficial to the student both academically and socially, and funding opportunities beginning in January are extremely rare.