APPLICATION FEE

The preferred payment for the Application Fee is PAID ONLINE BY CREDIT CARD.

Application Fee Waivers

Application fee waivers may be provided to Northeastern alumni and employees, current AmeriCorps program members, and to applicants that are affiliated with the Graduate Education for Minorities (GEM) Program or the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program. Proof of affiliation to any of these programs must be submitted to the graduate admissions office for approval. Applicants that are approved for a waiver should submit the online application by choosing the “pay by check” option.

We are unable to waive application fees for programs that are part of any of the following Centralized Application Service: CASPA, CSDCAS, NursingCAS, PharmCAS, PTCAS, SOPHAS.

To support our students during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are offering a test score waiver to our Master’s degree applicants with a 3.2 average from past class cumulative GPA from an accredited undergraduate or graduate institution. If your GPA is not on a 4.0 grading scale, please use WES iGPA Calculator (or another certified third-party service) to convert your school’s grading system into a 4.0 grading scale. When you receive the emailed results of your equivalency, please upload the document in your support materials for the GRE waiver.

Remember that we take a holistic approach to review applications, which means we consider academic history, professional experience, leadership skills, cross-cultural experience, and community involvement to get a full picture of an applicant’s fit for our graduate (non-PhD) programs. Based on your cumulative undergraduate or graduate GPA and other applicable criteria, you may qualify to waive the test score requirement.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Our programs require a minimum of 3 letters of recommendation. Recommendation information is submitted electronically in the application. Our automated system will send a reference request to the e-mail addresses provided.

We do not accept recommendations and other documents from Interfolio.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

A statement of purpose should briefly describe what brought you to pursue an advanced education degree in your chosen field, how you view the future of your intended field of study and what you plan to do with your degree. You may include any other information that you feel might help the admission committee learn more about you.

RESUMÉ

The most recent copy of your resume should be uploaded in your application.

TRANSCRIPTS

Applicants submitting an application through a Centralized Application System must meet the transcript requirements set by the service (typically official transcripts sent directly from the Registrar’s Office).

Applicants submitting an application via Northeastern’s ApplyYourself system should follow these guidelines:

• Applicants may upload a scanned version of their official transcript when submitting the online application. Those transcripts will be considered unofficial and will fulfill the transcript requirement.
• Web-based transcripts or printouts from the applicant’s student account are not accepted as unofficial transcripts.
• Applicants will continue to have the option to submit official transcripts, however official transcripts will only be required when a student is accepted into a program.
• Applicants should list the college from which they received their BS/BA under Institution 1 in the Education Information section of the application.