Application Materials

Admission to the Elliott School is highly selective. You are required to submit a completed online application form, as well as:

• Three (3) letters of recommendation from professors. Applicants who have been out of school for several years may send recommendations from employers or supervisors.
• One official transcript from each academic institution attended.
• Resume or curriculum vitae
• Statement of Purpose: In an essay of approximately 500 words, state your purpose in undertaking graduate study at the Elliott School. As part of your statement of purpose, describe your academic and research interests, career objectives, and how a degree from the Elliott School will enable you to achieve your goals. Please be specific.

Required Tests

All applicants to the Elliott School’s MA programs are required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). You are advised to take the GRE no later than December (or September if applying for spring admission) to ensure your scores are received by the application deadline. GRE scores are strongly encouraged but not required for applicants to the mid-career MIPP program.

International applicants from countries in which English is not the official language are required to take the TOEFL or IELTS exam. The minimum score for admission to the Elliott School is 250 on the TOEFL computer exam, 600 on the TOEFL paper exam, 100 on the TOEFL Internet exam, or an overall band score of 7.0 on the academic IELTS (with no individual band score below 6.0). The Test of Written English (TWE) on the TOEFL is strongly recommended.

The Elliott School’s ETS codes are:

• GRE institution code 5246, no department code is needed
• TOEFL institution code 5241, department code 88