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New applicants will have an intake interview with a Metropolitan Learning Institute, Inc. administrator to decide which program they would like to join. The interview will give prospective students the chance to ask questions and receive the information they need to make an informed choice about registration at MLI. Intake interviews are conducted by MLIs licensed School Agents at each campus.

Before applying for admission, an applicant must complete an Admission Application and file it with the Admissions Office. Applicants also need to meet the entrance requirements of the study program they select.

A high school diploma or equivalent is required to enroll; the applicant must submit proof of achievement to qualify for admission. Acceptable types of proof include an applicant's original high school diploma or academic transcript; high school equivalency diploma or transcript, college transcript which says that high school graduation was the basis of admission, the name of the high school and date of graduation, or a U.S. Department of Defense DD-214 form showing graduation from high school.

Metropolitan Learning Institute is authorized under Federal Law to enroll non-immigrant students.

If an English-language copy of the applicant's high school diploma or transcript is not available, a notarized translation of the document is required unless a bilingual school staff member can confirm that the document is in fact a high school diploma and that the name matches that on the Admission Application. If the high school diploma or transcript has a different name, the applicant must also supply an official document (such as a marriage license) bearing both names.

Foreign-born applicants who can present a high school diploma or its equivalent will be required to take the Federally-approved CELSA test if they wish to apply for financial aid (TAP or PELL grants, for example). For those who cannot produce a diploma and wish to apply for aid, the CPAT test will be administered instead. Metropolitan Learning Institute, Inc. will require an official copy of the high school academic record of each applicant, except in circumstances as detailed above. This is a NYS-approved English placement test.

An applicant who applies for a study program that includes English as a Second Language must take a NYSPLACE test.

An applicant will be allowed to fill out and sign an enrollment agreement for their chosen program of study only if there is a reasonable belief that the program will be successfully completed. A $100 non-refundable registration fee is due upon enrollment. (The registration fee is intended only for the program and start date for which an applicant originally enrolls, but at the school's discretion, it may be used on a different starting date.)

The school reserves the right to reject the enrollment of any applicant who at any time during the enrollment process displays any conduct or behavior that is deemed inappropriate or would be grounds for dismissal if the applicant were an enrolled student.

Copies of all documents submitted in support of an application for admission become the permanent possession of Metropolitan Learning Institute, Inc.

Applicants who miss the scheduled start date of a program can make a request through the Admissions Office to enroll late by completing an Enrollment Form as a latecomer. Such requests for late enrollment will be accepted during the first week of instruction only and will be granted based on the applicant's agreement to make-up remedial hours for the time missed from the first week of instruction.

Being re-admitted into the same program:

A previously enrolled student can request re-admission in the program originally enrolled in by completing a new application and providing all necessary supporting documentation. Students who were dismissed for unacceptable conduct or academic failure are ineligible to apply for re-admission.

The student's request will be reviewed by the appropriate School Director within 21 calendar days of its receipt. The student will be informed of the Director's decision by letter, including any conditions regarding the student's re-admission and continuance in school.

If re-admission is granted, the student is required to meet all satisfactory progress requirements, finish any "remaining class hours", and fulfill any outstanding financial obligations.

Beginning a different program:

A previously enrolled student can apply for admission into a different program at Metropolitan Learning Institute, Inc. by completing an Application for Readmission and providing necessary supporting documentation. Students dismissed for unacceptable conduct or academic failure are not eligible to apply for readmission.

The appropriate School Director will consider the student's readmission request and will make a decision within 21 calendar days of its receipt. The student will be informed of the Director's decision by letter, including any conditions regarding the student's readmission to school.

If readmission into a new program is granted, the student must meet the provisions of the school catalog in effect on the date of readmission, make payments of any outstanding tuition and fee charges that remain on the student's original enrollment agreement, pay a $100 registration fee, and sign a new, prorated enrollment agreement for the new program of study.

Internal Transfer Credit:

At the written request of a previously enrolled student, the school will take under consideration the transfer of credit (hours) from previously completed courses at Metropolitan Learning Institute toward a new program of study if the prior course work was successfully completed with a minimum grade of C, and is relevant in content and instructional hours to that in the new program.

If an applicant's transfer request is granted, the applicant's enrollment agreement for the new program will be changed to reflect the total number of hours required, and the tuition and fees will be adjusted so that the applicant will pay a proportional cost in relation to the number of instructional hours to be completed.

Hours transferred from other institutions:

If an applicant submits a written request, and fulfills certain other conditions, The Metropolitan Learning Institute, Inc. will undertake to consider the transfer of instructional hours from courses or curriculum taken at other post-secondary schools (that are accredited and/or licensed or registered by New York State or national authorities).

This option will be considered only if the courses have the same content and instructional hours, and were passed with a minimum grade of C. For the Metropolitan Learning Institute to make a decision concerning the acceptance of the transfer of hours from another school, an applicant must have an official transcript sent to the Metropolitan Learning Institute Admissions Office from the other school, and submit a copy of the previous school's outline of the course content (from the school's catalog).

If an applicant's transfer request is accepted by The Metropolitan Learning Institute, the applicant's enrollment agreement will be changed to indicate the total number of hours required of the applicant, and the tuition and fees will be adjusted so that the applicant will pay a proportional cost relating to the number of instructional hours to be completed.

The Metropolitan Learning Institute, Inc. does not offer advanced placement credit for previous post-secondary education.