Program Overview:

Applicants who have completed all or part of their university studies in a non-US institution and/or require student visas must submit their applications no later than February 1  to be considered for Fall admission.

Admission Requirements:

You must meet the following minimum requirements in order to be considered for admission.  Meeting these minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance to the program.

• A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution comparable in standard and content to a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College - College & University Transcripts
• Minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3.0.
• Generally a minimum of 12 credits of undergraduate courses in psychology, including one course in statistics and one laboratory course in experimental psychology; however students who have a high undergraduate grade point average and high GRE scores but lack full psychology background may apply for admission. Such students may be required to take preparatory statistics and experimental courses.
• Two letters of recommendation from appropriate academic or professional sources.
• Applicants should submit a personal statement of approximately two (2) double spaced pages in which they do ALL of the following:

-Describe their research experience, if any

-Discus their research and intellectual interests and potential research questions they might pursue in the MA program

-Indicate which faculty member(s) they might want to work with and explain why

-Discuss how their academic and/or professional background has prepared them to do well in the MA program

-Address any weakness in their application (e.g., poor grades, lack of research experience)

• GRE's are not required for this program.
• Applicants whose native language is not English and who have taken all or part of their undergraduate education in a country where English is not the native language are required to submit scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The following minimum scores must be obtained:
• TOEFL iBT: 80/ Paper Based Test: 550/ Computer Administered Test: 213
• IELTS: 6.5 Overall Band Score

Additional Information:

For additional program information, visit the Psychology Department website.