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ApplyingtotheSageSchoolPhDprogram

DepartmentofPhilosophy

QUESTIONSABOUTGRADUATE
STUDY?
EmailtheDepartment
EmailTadBrennan,DirectorofGraduate
Studies

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ApplicationMaterials
ApplicationsareavailablefromtheCornellUniversityGraduateSchoolwebsite.AllapplicationmaterialsmustbesubmittedonlinebyJanuary15th.

ACOMPLETEAPPLICATIONINCLUDES:
CornellGraduateSchoolApplicationForm
LettersofRecommendation(atleastthree,butnomorethanfive)
PersonalStatement
WritingSample
UnofficialTranscripts
ApplicationFee

CORNELLGRADUATESCHOOLONLINEAPPLICATION

TheapplicationshouldbesubmittedonlineinaccordancewithCornellGraduateSchoolinstructions.

LETTERSOFRECOMMENDATION

Applicantsarerequiredtosubmitthreelettersofrecommendationthroughtheonlineapplicationsystemandmaychoosetosubmituptofive
lettersviatheonlineapplicationsystem.

PERSONALSTATEMENT
Thepersonalstatementshouldbesubmittedonline.Pleasemakesurethatyournameappearsoneachpageofyourpersonalstatement.

WRITINGSAMPLE
ApplicantsforthePhilosophyPhDareexpectedtosubmitasampleoftheirphilosophicalwriting.
(ForadviceaboutthewritingsampleseeCRITERIA.)

http://philosophy.cornell.edu/graduate/admissions/applying.cfm

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Thewritingsampleshouldbesubmittedonline
onceyourapplicationissubmitted,yourwritingsampleisconsideredfinalandmaynotbereplacedwitharevisedsample.
Pleasemakesurethatyournameappearsoneachpageofthesample.

COPIESOFOFFICIALTRANSCRIPTS
UploadaPDFcopyoftranscripts(eitherofficialorunofficial)fromtheinstitutionatwhichyouarecurrentlyenrolledand/orfromanyinstitutionfromwhich
youhavereceivedorwillreceiveadegree.Ifitisagainstaninstitutionspolicytosendofficialtranscriptstoyou,pleaserequestanunofficialcopyforyourself
andscanthatdocument.Papercopieswillbeacceptedonlyifthefirsttwooptionsarenotavailabletoyou.Ifyouaresubsequentlyadmittedandacceptthe
offerofadmission,wewillrequireaformalandofficialpapertranscriptpriortomatriculation.

APPLICATIONFEE
AnapplicationfeeshouldbesubmittedinaccordancewithCornellGraduateSchoolapplicationinstructions.

CompletingtheApplicationForm
(FormoreinformationaboutapplicationmaterialsseeCRITERIA.)

Page1:Pleasebesuretolistanaccurateemailaddress,aswewillusethisasourmainmodeofcorrespondencewithyou.
Page2:YoudonotneedtolistaConcentrationwithinPhilosophy.
Page3:Wedonotrequirestandardizedtestscores(GRE,GMAT,etc.)foradmission.WedorequirenativelevelfluencyinspokenandwrittenEnglish.Non
nativespeakerswillneedtoprovideaTOEFLscoretotheGraduateSchoolunlesstheyhavestudiedfulltimefortwoormoreyearsatanEnglishlanguage
collegeoruniversitylocatedinacountrywhereEnglishisthenativelanguage.Forfulllanguagerequirementsandexceptions,pleasevisitthegraduate
school'swebsite.

Page4:Werequirethreelettersofrecommendation,thoughwereadilyacceptuptofive.(SeeCRITERIA.)
Page5:AllstudentswhoareadmittedtoCornell'sPhilosophyPhDprogramreceivemeritbasedsupportforatleastfiveyears.(SeeFUNDING.)We
stronglyencourageapplicantstoapplyforoutsidefundingthroughfoundationsandotherorganizations.

Page6:Onetothreeparagraphsisgenerallysufficientforthepersonalstatement.(SeeCRITERIA.)
Page7:WeencouragethosestudentswhoareeligibleandinterestedtoapplyforoneofCornell'sDiversityFellowships.

218GoldwinSmithHallIthaca,NewYork148533201philosophy@cornell.eduph:6072553687fax:6072558177HOME

DepartmentofPhilosophy
CollegeofArtsandSciences,CornellUniversity

http://philosophy.cornell.edu/graduate/admissions/applying.cfm

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