Admissions Information

Application Packet

To request an application packet, please contact Kathryn Goodfellow. This application packet includes:

• Application
• Personal Statement form
• Transcript Request forms
• Letter of Recommendation forms

To submit your application, please send the following items to:

Northeastern University
Department of English, Graduate Admissions Committee
406 Holmes Hall
Boston, MA 02115

Application form

Complete both sides of the application form, and don't forget to sign the application at the bottom of the second side.

Personal statement

In general, a brief personal statement should describe your background, your interests, and your reasons for wanting to enroll in the graduate program. You may include any other information that you feel might be useful.

Processing fee

Check or money order in $40 (US dollars), made out to Northeastern University.

Official transcripts from undergraduate and graduate schools

Submit official transcripts of your record at each of the colleges and universities you attended, regardless of whether or not you received a degree.

At least two recommendations (academic or work-related)

An academic or professional writing sample.

GRE scores

Recommended, but not required.

Schedule

Students are admitted into the MTPW program on a rolling admissions schedule. To apply, you should send your application anytime between October 1 and June 30 for the following academic year. The average time it takes to complete graduate review is six weeks from the date of your application's completion, after which you can expect a reply from our Graduate Office. Incomplete files cannot be considered.

TWTP applicants may apply until August 1, but there is a maximum number of 15 students in the program.

Applications must be submitted by February 15 to be considered for Teaching Assistantships. Acceptances and notifications of Assistantships are mailed in late March and early April. Because applications for TA awards are placed in a "teaching pool" for consideration, we can notify applicants of TA awards no sooner than April 1. See the Financial Aid page for more information about TA positions.

Transfers

You may transfer up to three classes from another graduate program, including certificate programs at other schools. Northeastern TWTP graduates may transfer their certificate credits (21) into the MTPW program, as long as they complete the MTPW within seven years from the start of the TWTP. To apply to the MTPW from the TWTP, students must:

• maintain a 3.0 GPA
• update the personal statement
• submit the graduate transcript
• submit a new writing sample

Contact Professor Woolever.

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