Additional Materials Due by Final Deadline

Reference Letters, Transcripts, GRE and TOEFLE scores are note required to submit the on-line application, but they must be received by the final deadline for an application to be reviewed. See detailed information below:

• Official Transcripts
• Official GRE Scores
  
• Official TOEFL Scores
  
• Reference Letters
• Checking Application Completeness
• To Expedite Paper Items and Test Scores

Official Transcripts

• Required from all institutions where you earned a degree, studied 9 months or more, or studied courses relevant to health sciences and public health, including mathematics and quantitative social sciences.
• Not required from an institution where you only were enrolled for a few courses unrelated to the fields above.
• Order official transcripts in sealed envelopes.
• Do NOT open the envelopes. Forward them to Epidemiology at Contact Information.
• If the institution will not send official transcripts to you or time is short, request that they be sent directly to Epidemiology.
• See Permanent Resident Additional Requirements.
• See International Applicant Additional Requirements

Official GRE Test Scores

• The GRE General Test is required from all applicants, except the following:

• Applicants to terminal MS or MPH who hold a US doctorate. (Applicants with foreign doctorates must take GRE).
• Applicants from the UW Medical Scientist Training Program (to Epi PhD) or UW Medical School (to Epi MPH), who should submit their MCAT scores instead.

• Scores > 5 years old are invalid; you must retake the exam.
• No GRE subject test is required
• Read Epidemiology Programs & Admissions Criteria for target GRE scores.
• Register early at www.gre.org; test centers fill months in advance.

• Order GRE scores to be sent directly from ETS to UW.
• UW Institution Code: 4854; Department code not needed. (If you used one, it does not matter.)

• Deadline for all test scores to be received by UW: January 1
• Computer test scores take about 4 weeks, not 10 days, to reach UW.
• Paper test scores require at least 6 weeks to reach UW.
• See Checking Application Completeness(below) for how to send GRE scores more quickly.
• UW does not allow admission conditional upon achievement of acceptable scores.

Checking Application Completeness

• Check Deadlines for Application Submission and Additional Materials.
  
  
• Check Online If Your Application is Complete:

• Log into your on-line application at UW with your login name and password.
• Do not contact Epidemiology until AFTER you have checked on-line.
• You are responsible for reminding your recommenders and for checking transcript requests with your previous institutions.
• It takes at least seven days for transcripts mailed from the East Coast to reach UW.
• Allow Epidemiology at least one week to process mailed items before contacting us.
  
  
• To Expedite Paper Items: send paper items by express courier; priority mail is not reliable. 
• Send an initial copy as a file or PDF scan by email attachment to epiapply@u.washington.edu
• See Contact Information for addresses.

• To Expedite Test Scores:
  • Obtain scores and percentiles from GRE or TOEFL by phone (fee required).
  • Allow at least 10 business days after the test date before calling.
    • Note: December 25 & January 1 are holidays in the US. December 24 & January 2 are holidays if December 25 or January 1 are on a Saturday or Sunday.
  • Email epiapply@u.washington.edu your full name, test registration number, exam date, exam location, birth date, scores and percentiles.
  • We can verify (but not obtain) your scores with ETS.

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This page was last updated on April 10, 2008