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Master’s Admissions

Admissions Procedures

For admission consideration, applicants should submit the following documents:

1. Application for admission to Graduate School
2. All official college transcripts, graduate and undergraduate
3. Graduate Record Examination or Miller Analogies Test scores taken within four (4) years before the date of application. In addition, all applicants whose native language is not English must submit a score of at least 550 paper-based, at least 213 computer-based, or at least 79 internet-based on the TOEFL examination, except for those who have recently completed a bachelor’ s degree in the United States.
4. Statement of professional experiences and career aspirations
5. Professional résumé
6. 2 Reference letters
7. A writing sample (see below)

Directions: Send items 1 and 2 to the Office of Admissions and Records, West Virginia University, PO Box 6009, Morgantown, WV 26506-6009. Send items 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 to the Program Secretary, West Virginia University, PO Box 6122, Morgantown WV 26506-6122

Contacts for Additional Information
Public Schools:
Dr. Richard A. Hartnett, Coordinator
Telephone: (304) 293-3708
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Higher Education:
Dr. Ernest Goeres, Coordinator
Telephone: (304) 293-2088
Ernest.Goeres@mail.yahoo.com

Admissions Requirements

1. The undergraduate grade point average for last two years of course work must be no lower than 3.00 (on a four-point scale).

2. The graduate grade point average in all graduate courses taken before admission to our program must be no lower than 3.25 (on a four-point scale).

3. The standardized test scores for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) will be no lower than 460 for the Verbal section, 500 for the Quantitative, and 3.0 for the Analytical section, a score of at least 410 on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT).

4. Writing Sample including statement of personal goals, including reasons for becoming an administrator.

5. Résumé or curriculum vitae.

6. Two Letters of recommendation.

For public school master’s degree for principalship:

1. Must have at least two years’ teaching experience and a teaching certificate.

Admissions Decision Procedures

All completed applications must be received by February 10, 2010 in order to be reviewed for admission for the Fall 2010 semester. Students will be notified of their status, and if accepted, they will receive information about their assigned advisor.