Application Requirements

Students are accepted as communication majors through a selective application process that commences only after the student is admitted to the University.  Applications are not accepted from students with more than 75 credit hours.  A student may apply no more than twice to the major.  Minimum requirements for admission include a GPA of 3.3 and completion of, or current enrollment in, one of three courses: Comm 25, 40 or 41.  Achievement of the minimum GPA does not guarantee admission to the major, because the acceptance process is selective.

1. Completed Application: Please pick this up from the Department at 600 21st NW, Washington DC, 20052. It is bright green and located in the main area.
   1. Information required on the application: NAme, Student ID, Local Mailing Address, Telephone, GWemail, Intended Minor or Concentration.
2. What is your cumulative GPA at GWU?
3. Total number of hours completed toward graduation
4. Expected date of graduation (fall/spring/summer term and year)
5. Have you ever applied to the Communication Program before? If so, when?
6. What professors in the Communication Program could provide an evaluation of your performance in their course(s)? List professors and courses.
7. For Transfer students: How many credits did you receive? How many transfer credits in Communication? What was your cumulative GPA at your previous institution? Name of previous institution
8. Please attach an unofficial copy of your transcript(s), from the registrar’s office.  Do not submit a Declaration of Major form with this application.
9. Answer the following questions on a seperate paper and attach to the application:
   • Other than formal coursework, please tell us briefly about any communication-related activities in which you have participated.
   • Is there any other information you would like the Committee to consider in evaluating your application?  If so, please specify.
   • Last, but importantly, please tell us in a brief essay (no more than a page) why you want to major in Communication.  You may want to talk about career aims, topics that particularly interest you, and special aptitudes you believe you have.
   • Please attach an unofficial copy of your transcript(s), from the registrar’s office.  Do not submit a Declaration of Major form with this application.

PLEASE RETURN ALL INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCES AND COMMUNICATION OFFICE at 600 21st Street, NW.