APPLICATION
To apply, submit to the Office of Graduate Student Services the two application
forms, two official transcripts from each post-secondary school attended,
official test scores as required by the department, a $30 nonrefundable
fee for application to a degree program, and any other pertinent information
in support of your application. Nondegree and transient application is $20;
nondegree to degree status, or to a second Ohio University graduate degree
program, is $10. Letters of recommendation are sent directly to the graduate
committee of the department to which you are applying.Copies of the above materials are forwarded by the Office of Graduate Student Services to the department of your choice. The departmental graduate committee grants or denies admission and forwards the decision to the Office of Graduate Student Services. Your file is reviewed for completeness, and a letter is sent to you indicating admission, admission pending fulfillment of admission requirements, or denial of admission.
Admission to graduate study will be based on possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and such factors as your undergraduate scholastic grade-point average (both overall and in the proposed graduate major), selection of courses, pattern of grades, recommendations, test scores, work experience, and other relevant matters. Each department will give appropriate weight to the factors pertinent to its academic field.
If you have a bachelor's degree from an unaccredited institution, you usually will be required to supplement your undergraduate record with a satisfactory score on an acceptable standard college ability test.*
Supporting evidence of your ability, in the form of the Graduate Record Examination, Graduate Management Admission Test, Miller Analogies Test, or other college ability tests, may be required.* Consult the specific department about necessary test requirements.
Applications for admission, supporting credentials including official transcripts of all academic work, and the $30 nonrefundable application fee (a check or money order payable to Ohio University) should be received at least six weeks before registration for the quarter or summer term in which you wish to begin graduate study. Some departments have earlier deadlines for admission and financial support. Consult the Areas of Instruction section in this catalog for specific departmental deadlines.
All documents received by the university in connection with applications for admission become the property of Ohio University. Under no circumstances will they be returned or forwarded to any agency or other college or university. Documents of students who are admitted to a graduate program but who fail to enroll for the quarter for which they are admitted are destroyed. Materials will be held, however, for a maximum of one year if you notify the Office of Graduate Student Services in writing of a postponement of enrollment.
All correspondence pertaining to admission to a graduate program should be addressed to the Office of Graduate Student Services, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701-2979. You also may e-mail requests for application materials and information to gcat@www.cats.ohiou.edu . Be sure to include your full mailing address.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR STUDENTS IN EDUCATION: If you have earned a master's degree in education at Ohio University and plan to take additional work in education, you must reapply through the Office of Graduate Student Services for admission.
* If you have taken any of these tests, you are urged to have your scores reported to the Office of Graduate Student Services, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701-2979.
You can obtain further information about the Graduate Record Examination (given in January, February, April, June, October, and December) or the Graduate Management Admission Test (given in January, March, July, November) by writing to the Educational Testing Service, Box 955, Princeton NJ 08540. Applicants in the West Coast region should write to the E.T.S., Box 1502, Berkeley CA 94701. On the Ohio University campus, you can obtain test application forms from the Office of Graduate Student Services.
You can obtain information on the Miller Analogies Test from The Psychological Corporation, 304 E. 45th St., New York NY 10017. You can take this test at Ohio University through Counseling and Psychological Services, Hudson Health Center.
Return to 1995-1997 Graduate Catalog Table of Contents
University Publications and the Computer Services Center revised this file ( https://www.ohio.edu/~gcat/95-97/appadm/appadm.html
) April 13, 1998.
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