Can I go ahead and get the residency waiver and graduation fee taken care of?

[Johmford]

I thought all grades had to be in three months before graduation? I.e.for December 2018 graduation, I was told courses need to be completed by October 1st 2018..

Nope that's an often repeated misconception. For Dec graduation, you have to apply for graduation by Oct 1, but you can bring credits in well into November. In fact, you can even start your capstone as late as the August term, which will end in late October with grades in early November. If you for some reason fail to get enough credits, they will simply roll you over to the next graduation date.

https://www.tesu.edu/current-students/Gr...mation.cfm

I selected my capstone to start in May, the registrars office said if i complete it i can graduate in September and to apply July 1st. I have not seen anything to the contrary on finishing classes and transferring in credits yet.