Application Process

Admissions take place in fall quarter. All materials must be received by the January 15 application deadline. Application packets are available from Graduate Admissions or the Psychology Department. Request that one official transcript be sent to the Psychology Department and one to Graduate Admissions from every college or university attended. Confirm with each institution their policy for issuing official transcripts. If mailed to you directly, the two transcripts must remain in separate sealed envelopes. Carefully assemble application materials as instructed below. Assemble the following documents and send them in the manila envelope addressed to the Psychology Department.

• A copy of the completed graduate application.
• One official, sealed transcript from each college and university you have attended, regardless whether credits are posted on another school’s transcripts. To maintain their official status, please do not open them.
• An autobiographical essay of six or more pages in length.
• A writing sample such as an undergraduate paper.
• Three letters of recommendation. Sign the confidentiality waiver on the recommendation envelopes designated for this purpose and distribute them to your recommenders. They must seal and sign the envelopes before returning them to you. To maintain their official status, please do not open them. Permission to contact your recommenders is assumed.
• Send original application, the fee and one set of transcripts in the envelope addressed to Graduate Admissions.
• Those applicants who have reached the final screening will be contacted for an interview after the January 15 deadline. Upon acceptance, a $100 non-refundable tuition deposit is required to be submitted to the Psychology Department.
• To obtain an application, please visit the Graduate Admissions site.