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The Graduate School no longer accepts paper applications.
ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS MUST BE
RECEIVED via the Graduate School web site before the Linguistics
Department December 15th deadline for domestic
applicants and November 1
for international applicants. Applications are accepted for the Autumn
quarter only. Please note that applicants are responsible for tracking
their application materials by logging on to the electronic online
Graduate School application. The Department of Linguistics does not
offer
conditional admission pending
submission of some required documents. All required information must be
present before an application will be considered.
1. Electronic Application and fee.
2. Statement of Purpose: Please write a one or
two page statement
presenting your objectives as a graduate student as well as any other
information you feel would be relevant to your application.
3. Sample of Your Work: Ph.D. applicants
should send a copy of their
M. A. thesis and/or papers or conference presentations of high quality.
Although this is not required for admission, M.A. applicants are also
encouraged to send a sample of their academic work or conference
presentations.
4. Letters of Recommendation: Two or three
letters, preferably from
people familiar with your academic work and especially with your work in
linguistics courses. If you are applying for the Ph.D. program, three
letters of recommendation are necessary. You will be asked as part of the
on-line application process to provide email addresses of your
recommenders so they can upload these recommendations.
5. Upload electronic copies of transcripts
from
prior schools into
the online application site either as a PDF file or scan the transcript.
PLEASE NOTE: If offered admission, all
international applicants, permanent
residents, green card holders, and domestic students with degrees from
schools outside the U.S. must also send official paper transcripts
to:
Standard postal service:
University of Washington
Graduate Enrollment Management Services
Box 352191
Seattle, WA 98195-2191
Express or courier service (FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc.):
University of Washington
Graduate Enrollment Management Services
301 Loew Hall
3920 Stevens Way
Seattle, WA 98195-2191
If offered admission, domestic students with
degrees from the U.S. need
not send official paper transcripts at the time of application, but will
be required to do so later if admitted to our program.
GRE scores are required of all students.
For native speakers a score of 600 is typically expected on both the
verbal and quantitative sections. Scores can be outweighed by other
factors, however, especially for non-native speakers.
TOEFL Scores: International students must pass
the Test of English
as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of 580 on the paper-based test,
237 on the computer-based test (TOEFLC), or 92 on the TOEFLiBT in order to
be admitted to the Graduate School without the necessity of taking English
as a Second Language (ESL) courses. For more information please see Grad
School Memo 8 at:
http://www.grad.washington.edu/policies/memoranda/memo08.shtml
International students who have received a bachelor's degree from an
institution in the United States or another English-speaking country are
not required to take the TOEFL.
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