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International Student Admissions E190 Student Union 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001 (937) 775-5745 |
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Admission Students must be officially accepted for admission to the School of Graduate Studies, except those taking graduate workshop courses, before they may register for graduate credit. Admission to the School of Graduate Studies does not necessarily indicate candidacy for an advanced degree. Such candidacy is subject to specific requirements, as defined by the individual program. In addition to the application form, all international applicants must submit the following: 1. Two copies of all university or college academic records in English, accompanied by transcripts in the native language 2. Financial Statement form 3. Official bank statement 4. Statement outlining degree objectives (Two copies) 5. Official score from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (for students whose native language is not English) All documents received by the university in connection with applications for admission become the property of Wright State University. Under no circumstances will they be returned to the applicant or forwarded to any agency or other college or university. Application Fee A nonrefundable $25 fee is required of all degree and certification candidates. This is a one-time fee; it is not required of anyone previously admitted to a Wright State graduate program. There is a $10 application fee for nondegree study. Transcripts Two official transcript sent from each institution attended (except Wright State University) is required. If courses from one university/college appear on another university's/college's transcript, you are still required to submit an official transcript from the college where you originally completed the course work. Application Deadline Students applying from outside the United States must have submitted all their documents to the university six months before the first day of classes of the quarter for which they are applying. Students transferring from another institution within the United States must submit all documents to the university three months before the first day of classes. English Requirement Effective Fall 1993, the university requires a minimum score of 550/213 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for all applicants whose native language is not English. Several departments/programs set |
a higher score requirement. Students who cannot obtain a TOEFL Bulletin and
registration form locally should write, well in advance, to: Test of English as
a Foreign Language, Box 6154, Princeton, New Jersey 08541. Particular Application Requirements of Degree Programs Anatomy, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biological Sciences, Microbiology and Immunology, and Physiology and Biophysics: statement of preferred option or concentration of study, professional goals, purpose of graduate study, and specialty interest, plus three letters of recommendation. Applied Behavioral Science: three letters of recommendation, and an essay outlining professional goals and academic interests. Biomedical Sciences (Ph.D.): single-page essay describing reasons for interest in biomedical sciences and career goals and three letters of recommendation. Chemistry: statement of educational and professional goals and two letters of recommendation. GRE Scores. College of Education and Human Services: a handwritten statement of educational and professional goals and Graduate Record Examination or Miller Analogies Test. Students applying to human services programs (counseling, rehabilitation counseling, and student personnel services) will be granted admission to degree status only after they have been successfully interviewed by human services program faculty and have provided an additional satisfactory writing sample at the time of the interviews. Students should make an appointment for the interviews with the Human Services Office as soon as they are notified of their eligibility. Applicants for human services programs also must have individuals listed as personal references provide statements using the forms available in the School of Graduate Studies Office. Computer Engineering: statement of educational and professional goals and Graduate Record Examination. Computer Science: statement of educational and professional goals and Graduate Record Examination. Educational Specialist (post-masteršs)/statement of educational and professional goals, three letters of recommendation, faculty interview, and Graduate Record Examination or Miller Analogies Test. English: Undergraduate major in English, or at least 20 quarter hours in upper-level under-graduate courses in English, with acceptable |
GPA, and a paper, using secondary sources, written on a topic in English or a
related field (five pages minimum; also, this may be a paper previously handed in
for an undergraduate class). And a 600 on the TOEFL test. Geological Sciences: statement of educational and professional goals and three letters of recommendation. History: statement of goals to be sought in the program. Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology: three letters of recommendation, an essay outlining professional goals and academic interests, and Graduate Record Examination. Humanities: statement of background and goal for program of study (approximately 250 words). M.B.A.: statement of professional goals, three personal references, and Graduate Management Admission Test. Music Education: baccalaureate degree in music. Social and Applied Economics: Graduate Record Examination. Urban Administration: 400 word essay (outlining personal and academic goals, professional objectives, and preparation for graduate study, and relationships of goals and objectives to the program), three letters of recommendation. (Applicants must also schedule a faculty interview by contacting the department.) Former Students: students formerly admitted to the School of Graduate Studies but not registered in the past four quarters, or those who have received the degree for which they were originally admitted, must submit a new application form. No additional fee is required if being admitted to the same graduate status. Transient Students: if you have been admitted to a degree program in another recognized graduate school, are currently in good standing in that program, and intend to return, you may apply for transient status. Transient status is granted for one quarter only but may be renewed. In addition to an application, students seeking this status must submit a completed transient form. Graduate Assistantships: assistantships, awarded through individual departments of instruction and certain administrative offices, require a specified amount of time for assisting either in instruction or in research. Requests for information regarding assistantships should be directed to the chair of the department involved. Assistantship applications are available from the department chair's office, and all assistantship documents are to be returned to the department chair's office. Return all admissions documents to: School of Graduate Studies Wright State University 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. Dayton, OH 45435-0001 |