All petitioning correspondence will be sent to your Gateway student email.
How do I petition?
- Log in to My Gateway and click on the Student Petitions card.
- Select the program in which you want to submit a petition.
- Select the semester you would begin your core program courses.
- Review your program petition requirements. Once you have met all program petition requirements (all green √s), you are able to submit your petition. Click submit.
- Congratulations, you have submitted your program petition.
- Your petition status will be updated on your Student Petitions Card within 7 business days of the close of the petition window.
You are only able to submit petitions until 11:59 p.m. on the last date of the petition window.
How are petitioning students selected?
To be considered, petitioners must have met all program petition requirements. Students are awarded seats by having met the program petition requirements, program acceptance date and current residency status. Students with earlier program acceptance dates and Gateway district (Kenosha, Racine and Walworth counties) residence have priority over students with later program acceptance dates or who are outside of the Gateway district and/or residents outside of Wisconsin. (Residency status will not be taken into consideration for the Dental Hygiene and Funeral Service programs' selection.)
When will I know if my Petition was selected?
Your petition status will be updated on your Student Petitions Card in My Gateway within 7 business days of the close of the petition window. Log in to My Gateway to view your petition status information.
You will also be notified of your petition status via your Gateway student email.
What will I need to do if I am awarded a seat?
If you are awarded a seat, information regarding the next steps and registering for your courses will be sent to your Gateway student email.
Allied Health, Health and Veterinary Science Programs
If you are awarded a seat, you will be invited to a mandatory program orientation meeting. At this meeting, you will learn about the requirements and rigors of your core program courses. You will learn about registering for the core courses and other expectations of the program. You are required to attend this meeting. If you do not attend the orientation, your seat will be forfeited and you will need to re-petition for a future term.
- You may need to update your file. Log in to My Gateway to review your CPR, Background Information Disclosure (BID) and background check information. This information is listed on your Background/Health Documents Card. Click the display background and health document information button, if any of these items will expire before the end of the semester you are petitioning for, you will need to renew them.
- Read this information carefully! If you do not update your information or do not attend the orientation, you will forfeit your seat and must re-petition at the next open petition window to be considered again.
PLEASE NOTE:
- CPR, background checks and Background Disclosure (BID) forms are valid for two years. If yours expires before the last day of the term of your clinical/practicum courses, you will need to renew them.
What happens if I am not awarded a seat?
Students who did not meet the program petition eligibility requirements or who were not awarded a seat will be notified via their Gateway student email. You are able to review your petition status on the Student Petitions Card in My Gateway.
If you did not meet all of the program petition requirements, continue to work on completing them. If you have met all of your program petition requirements, congratulations! Please review when the next petition window opens for your program and submit your petition at that time. Remember, seats are awarded based in part on your acceptance date, so your chances for selection improve with each petitioning cycle.