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Application Material Downloads and Instructions

Application for Admission

All application materials (graduate application form, graduate evaluation forms, GRE test scores, transcripts, application fee, etc.) may be sent to the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences (see address below). The Department office will forward your application to the Graduate School, WSU.

Alternatively, you may complete your graduate application online by clicking the link shown here: ONLINE GRADUATE APPLICATION LINK

It is important that your application is received at WSU as early as possible in order to be considered for admission in the annual review cycle. The application for fall admission is accepted throughout the year, and they are generally considered by the committee during January through April, but also at other times as needed.

  Please also review the following information:


Application Instructions: Steps

1

Complete the Application Form

Click Here to Download the complete graduate application form; it includes the following: (a) Graduate Evaluation Form, and the (b) Transcript Request Form. Fill out all parts of the application as much as possible. The University requires a non-refundable filing fee of $25.00 that must be included with your application to cover the cost of handling application materials.

2

Request Letters of Reference

At least three referees should be personally contacted and asked to complete the Graduate Evaluation Form. Each referee/respondent should complete the entire form and send it directly to this Department (address below or through e-mail to: mary.layman@wright.edu). You may follow up personally with your referees sometime after you made your initial request to make sure that the forms are completed and submitted in a timely manner.

3

Request Undergraduate Transcripts

Transcripts are required from every undergraduate institution that you attended. Your application remains incomplete until official transcripts are received. Since most institutions have many requests at the same time of year, make your request early so all documents will be received in time. The transcript request form is included in the application package

If you are currently pursuing your undergraduate degree, it is important that you indicate courses you are currently taking that may not be reflected on your transcript. A standard transcript request form is included with the application. Please make sure you complete one form for each undergraduate institution for requesting the transcript.

4

Contact ETS: General GRE Scores Required for Admission into the MS Program

Please note that General GRE scores are required for admission and financial award. Only in case of strong academic transcripts (high GPA), and highly favorable letters of recommendation, the GRE requirement may be waived as a special case.

Please contact ETS andarrange to have the official GRE scores sent to Wright State University directly (Institution Code for Wright State University: 1179).


Mailing Address

Please make sure that all application materials, i.e., completed forms and any supporting material, recommendation letters and transcripts, etc., are sent directly to:

Graduate School
E-mail: wsugrad@wright.edu
Open Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
E344 Student Union
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy.
Dayton, OH 45435-0001

Telephone: (937) 775-2976; (800) 452-4723
Fax: (937) 775-2453

Please note that international students must send all application materials directly to:

International Admissions,
University Center of International Education
Wright State University
E-190 Student Union
Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA.

Telephone: (937) 775 - 5745
Fax: (937) 775 - 5776