1.Application Form
Submission of the electronic application form will activate your application
to the Graduate School. All hard copy documents submitted in support of the
application should be submitted according to the guidelines outlined below.
2.Non-refundable Application Fee
The application fee for the 2018 academic year is $90 ($140 for the Special
Master's in Physiology program). The fee can be paid by Visa or MasterCard
only.
3.Academic Statement of Purpose
An academic statement of purpose should be prepared and submitted online with
the application. The personal statement should address your intellectual
interests, academic and professional objectives, and proposed topic(s) of
graduate study. The length of the personal statement is generally 500 words, but
some programs have different or additional guidelines for submission of the
statement of purpose. Please review the academic programs for details listed by
specific graduate programs.
4.Official Transcripts
Applicants for admission must provide hard copy official transcripts of ALL
work beyond secondary school -- undergraduate coursework, graduate coursework,
study abroad courses, community college courses, and non-degree courses. A
transcript is official when:
submitted directly to the Graduate School in an envelope which is issued by
the institution and sealed by your university's Registrar's office (or
equivalent office)
submitted to the Graduate School from the institution via a secure electronic
delivery, such as Scrip-Safe
Applicants for admission will need to provide official transcripts or
documents showing conferral of all degrees previously awarded. If a particular
degree has not been awarded at the time of application, the Graduate School will
request documentation of the degree conferral at the time of admission. Admitted
students intending to matriculate must submit all documentation of coursework
and degrees awarded before class registration.
Official foreign transcripts should be accompanied by a notarized translation
into English. The official notarized translation should be submitted to the
Graduate School in a sealed envelope, signed across the seal by the notary.
International applicants who attend institutions outside of the United States
are strongly encouraged to submit their transcripts in the form of World
Education Services (WES) ICAP evaluations and should note that official
transcripts are delivered electronically with their evaluations through WES. WES
evaluations can take the place of official transcripts as long as they come to
the Graduate School directly from WES and include a copy of the official
transcripts you had evaluated. Applicants may use other credential evaluation
services that are members of the National Association of Credential Evaluation
Services (NACES) but must still submit official transcripts from the institution
to Georgetown if the evaluation does not include an official copy of the
transcripts you had evaluated.
Photocopied/faxed/scanned documents cannot be used to fulfill this
requirement.
5.Two Letters of Recommendation (One must be academic)
6.Official Test Results
Most departments and programs require applicants to take standardized
entrance examinations, such as the GRE, GRE subject tests, GMAT, MCAT or others.
Please refer to Academic Programs for the examinations required by individual
programs. All official examination results must be:
submitted by the application deadline listed in the Admissions Requirements
section of each graduate program listing
taken no later than one month prior to the application deadline for the
program
received directly from the appropriate testing organization
sent to the Photocopied/faxed/scanned documents will not fulfill this
requirement.
7.English Proficiency: TOEFL/IELTS
All applicants are required to demonstrate a level of proficiency in the
English language sufficient to meet the admission requirement of the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences. Proficiency can be demonstrated by the receipt of a
bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited institution of higher education
in the United States or from a university where English is the primary language
of instruction (please note that applicants receiving degrees at universities in
U.S. territories, such as Puerto Rico, are required to submit the TOEFL or IELTS
unless the primary language of instruction at the institution is English).
All other applicants must achieve at least a minimum score on either the
TOEFL or IELTS test. Test scores must be received by the application deadline
date. Applicants should allow six to eight weeks from the test date for the
reporting of scores to the institution. Applications will not be considered
without TOEFL/IELTS scores.
TOEFL: A minimum score of 550 or 600 (paper-based) or 80 or 100 (iBT test)
dependent on program requirements, on the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL). Georgetown University's score reporting code is: 5244. TOEFL
information: http://www.ets.org/toefl/
IELTS: A minimum score of 7.0 or 7.5, dependent on program requirements, from
the International English Language Testing System. IELTS Information:
http://www.ielts.org/
8. Supplemental Application Materials: Resume