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Graduate Students

1.1 Application Procedures

A. Apply online at: www.gradapply.osu.edu. Paper submissions are no longer being used. If you are an international applicant who has absolutely no access to the online version, a paper form can be requested by contacting the Office of Graduate Admissions at:

Admissions Office
The Ohio State University
Third Floor, Lincoln Tower
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43210

B. Arrange to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). General test information and registration are available online at: www.ets.org.

Results of the GRE should be sent to:

Admissions Office
The Ohio State University
Third Floor, Lincoln Tower
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43210

C. Select three of your teachers to write letters of recommendation on the appropriate forms. It is your responsibility to see to it that the writers return their letters to the Director of Graduate Admissions of the Philosophy Department by the deadline for the quarter you have chosen to enter.

D. Prepare your personal statement, i.e. a brief (one-page)autobiographical sketch including a clear statement of why you wish to do graduate work in philosophy.

E. To be considered for a University Fellowship, you must submit, in addition to the Personal Statement, a Curriculum Vita/Resume of not more than two pages.

F. If you need financial assistance,check both the "Fellowship/Traineeship" and the "Teaching Associateship" boxes on the Admission Application form.

G. It is expected that you will submit a paper on a philosophical topic. This paper may be a revised version of one you have submitted for a course or a paper you have written especially for this occasion.

H. After completion, return the requisite forms as follows:

1. Send a copy of your transcript(s) from all institutions attended, personal statement, curriculum vitae/resume, your paper submission, and GRE scores to:

Director of Graduate Admissions
Department of Philosophy
The Ohio State University
350 University Hall
230 North Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1365

Deadlines for receipt of applications for Autumn quarter admission are as follows:

Autumn Admission
Deadline for Domestic Applicants is Dec. 31, 2007 for those seeking financial aid as well as Fellowships.

Deadline for International Applicants seeking Fellowships is Nov. 30, 2007. Please note that this is a new deadline from last year and moves the deadline up about six weeks!!

2. Send all remaining materials (application form and additional copies of transcripts) to:

Admissions Office
The Ohio State University
Third Floor, Lincoln Tower
1800 Cannon Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43210

I. Teaching associateship awards are normally announced in late March; decisions to accept or decline a teaching associateship are required by April 15th.

J. Applicants whose native language is not English must take both the TOEFL and TSE (Test of Spoken English) early enough that the results reach the department by January 31. (See http://www.toefl.org for details about scheduling these examinations.) Under certain circumstances, such as having received a degree from an institution in an English-speaking country, the TOEFL may be waived; but the TSE, being a matter of State law, cannot be waived.

K. Application fees cannot be waived, postponed, or paid by the department on the applicant's behalf.

L. The department admits only applicants to whom it offers some form of financial aid (such as a fellowship or graduate teaching associateship).

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