- Application for Graduate Admission
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Applicants sending paper applications should send all materials directly to the department. This includes all test scores, transcripts, letters of reference, application fees, and admissions and assistantship applications. For students planning to begin graduate study in the Fall semester, the deadline for submission of all materials to the department is January 1. Notification of assistantship awards is given on March 15. Occasionally
assistantship offers are made for students beginning study in the Spring semester, in which case the deadline for receipt of materials is November 1. Assistantship offers are made only if the information contained in the assistantship application indicates that the applicant is also qualified for admission to the graduate program.
Decisions on financial assistance and admission to the Graduate Physics Program are made by the Department Admissions Committee. The most important factors considered in the admissions process are: (1) performance in undergraduate course-work and research (if any) and performance in prior graduate work; (2) letters of recommendation; (3) scores on the Graduate Record Examination, with particular emphasis being given to the Subject (Physics) Test.
Performance in courses in physics, mathematics and related sciences is considered to be the most relevant; on the basis of A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, a Grade Point Average (GPA) in these (undergraduate) courses of 3.5 to 4.0 would be expected for an applicant to the Ph.D. program.
- GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION (GRE)
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Those who intend to apply for admission to the physics graduate program must take the General and Subject (Physics) parts of the Graduate Record Examination. This examination is administered by the Educational Testing Service (Princeton, NJ 08541); it can be taken at various times of the year at numerous locations by registering and paying the ETS fee.
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