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To apply:

Admission Requirements for Fall 2012


Application Instructions

Please use our Application Checklist (pdf) to insure that you are prepared with all the materials for a complete application.

  1. Online Graduate Division Application for Admission and Fellowships:
    • Including Statement of Purpose & Personal History Statement. Additionally, a resumé or chronological list of activities may be submitted by uploading a pdf.

    • Doctoral applicants: Doctoral applicants may identify a School of Education faculty member whose research is of particular interest and whom you would like as an advisor. Please see our People page; the asterisk (*) indicates eligible faculty.

  2. GPA worksheet. Applicants must report their grade-point averages for all undergraduate courses taken after the first two years. Without a calculated GPA, an application will not be considered complete. There are two ways to calculate your GPA: 1) use our online GPA calculator to figure out your GPA automatically, and print the results, or 2) manually calculate your GPA using a PDF of the worksheet (you may prefer to use the latter if your grading system does not match ours).

  3. Application fee. The current fee is $80 for U.S. citizens or permanent residents, $100 for all others. The fee must be paid online before the submission of the Graduate Division Application.

  4. Official Transcripts. Scan and upload a pdf of each official transcript into the online Graduate Application from all college-level institutions attended. Applicants are expected to have achieved at least a 3.0 grade-point average in all courses taken after the first two years as undergraduates and in all graduate-level courses.

  5. Three Letters of Recommendation. We only accept electronic letters of recommendation through the online Graduate Application. Doctoral applicants should have at least 2 academic letters submitted from previous professors. MA/Credential applicants need 1 academic and 2 from individuals who can provide information about your experience working with school age children.

  6. Required Examinations. See the next section: Examinations.