To apply to a Master of Science program, students should submit application for preferred term. For consideration for the program, applications must be received by each term's application deadline. Deadlines: Summer: March 1st, Fall: July 1st, Spring: November 1st. Requirements for admission into the M.S. programs include:
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A grade point average of at least 3.0 (two copies of official transcripts required) and a combined GRE (verbal+quantitative) score of at least 1000.
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International students must have a TOEFL score of at least 570 (paper-based) OR 230 (computer-based).
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Personal Statement: A letter of intent describing your interests and goals and background. This is an important part of the application. Before writing this letter, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the research interests of the faculty. Please answer the following questions: (1) What are your professional goals and aspirations? (2) What has led to your decision to undertake graduate studies in the Department of Family and Child Sciences? (3) What research and other scholarly interest would you like to pursue in the Program?
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Writing Sample: The writing sample should be a representative sample of your writing, such as a professional report, a paper submitted in an undergraduate or gradute class, or a publication, written only by you.
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Resume/Vita
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Three Recommendation Waiver Forms, one for each person writing the letter on your behalf, attached to three letters of recommendation.
Attainment of these minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to the program. Admission decisions are based on assessments of all aspects of the student's application materials. We reserve the right to increase standards if warranted by enrollment limitations and by the number and quality of applicants.
Prospective students must submit all application materials by January 5th. Students are admitted only for fall enrollment. The application materials include:
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Completion of a master's degree from an approved institution. Particularly strong applicants who have shown research potential may, upon recommendation of their supervisory committee and major professor, by-pass the master's degree after one year of study.
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A grade point average of at least 3.0 (two copies of official transcripts required) or a combined GRE (verbal+quantitative) score of at least 1000. No portion of the GRE may be below 400.
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Personal Statement: A letter that describes your research interests, and professional goals. Because mentorship is vitally important for research at the doctoral level, this letter must also provide us with the names of faculty members in the department with whom you would be interested in working. Thus, before writing this letter, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the research programs of the faculty in the department.
Please answer the following questions: (1) What are your professional goals and aspirations? (2) What has led to your decision to undertake graduate studies in the Department of Family and Child Sciences? (3) What research and other scholarly interest would you like to pursue in the Program?
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Writing Sample: The writing sample should be a representative sample of your writing, such as a professional report, a paper submitted in an undergraduate or gradute class, or a publication, written only by you.
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Resume/Vita
Three Recommendation Waiver Forms, on for each person writing the letter on your
behalf and attached to their letters.
A visit to FSU is strongly encouraged and required for assistantship consideration. If you decide to visit, please contact the department so we can arrange
meetings with individual faculty to discuss your research interests.
Attainment of these minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to the program. Admission decisions are based on assessments of all aspects of the student’s application materials. We reserve the right to increase standards if warranted by enrollment limitations and by the number and quality of applicants.
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