Some departments require
a sample of scholarly writing.
A nonrefundable fee of $85 must accompany the
completed online application. If you cannot pay the application fee using a
credit card you may send us a personal or bank check in US Funds drawn on a
US bank, US Postal Money
Orders or Travelers Checks made payable to “Columbia University.” No other form of payment will
be accepted.
If you are an international student, applying from outside
the United States and you wish to pay the application fee by check rather than a
credit card, payment of the application fee must be remitted as outlined above,
but with the following conditions: pre-printed on the check must be: a) the US
address, and b) the nine-digit ABA or routing number at the bottom. Applications
are not considered complete unless accompanied by the fee.
The Graduate School requires the submission of scores
from the Graduate Record Examination General Test. Subject Test scores should be submitted if
they are required by the department or program to which the applicant is
applying. Applicants are urged to take the GRE and TOEFL, if required, well in
advance of the admissions deadline. The TOEFL is required of all applicants who have received an undergraduate degree from an institution in a
country whose official language is not English.For complete information about the GRE or TOEFL,
write to the Educational Testing Service, PP Box 6000, Princeton, NJ 08541-6000;
Tel.: (609) 771-7670; Web site: http://www.gre.org
(see Graduate Record Examination section in the Instructions for Completing the
Application).
Letters of evaluation may be
submitted online. Before starting your online application, check with
the individuals, preferably from professors, from whom you are requesting evaluations to see if they
would like to use our secure online system. The process is
simple for them to use, and allows you to track the status of
the evaluation using the ApplyYourself system. You may submit your
online application even if the letters of evaluation have not yet
been submitted by your evaluators. When the letters are submitted, we
will attach them to your application.
Please use the cover sheets provided below when mailing us any supporting materials for your application. All materials should be sent to the Office of Admissions, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 107 Low Library, 535 West 116th Street, MC 4304, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
The Transcript Request Form should
be completed and sent to each
institution, school, etc. from which you are requesting a transcript.
Please ask the sending institution to return this with the transcript.
Each sheet downloaded contains three transcript forms for your
convenience.Use of this form is optional and is
provided only for your convenience and to ensure that your transcripts
are properly matched with your application.
The Fall Term Grade Report Form
should be used if you are currently taking courses and would like your
fall term grades to be seen by the faculty admissions committee of your
designated department or program. Please complete this form and return
it to us once the grades are available. If you are admitted, you must
submit a final official transcript.
The Supplementary Materials Form should be attached to any supplementary document which is not submitted
online. If you are submitting more than one document under the same
cover, please attach a separate form to each document.
The Letter of Evaluation Form should be used for evaluators who cannot or prefer not to submit the letter online.
Students denied admission may reapply in a subsequent year
if further training or experience is presented to strengthen the application.
However, applicants who have not been
offered admission to the same department or program for three (3) consecutive
years should not apply to GSAS.
