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Instructions for Applying to the MA Program in Communication
UC Davis Graduate Studies has a new set of procedures for applying to all graduate programs, effective for the Fall 2008 admissions cycle.
The 2008 online application will become available to applicants by mid to late August. For the URL, go to the Graduate Studies application web page.- The application fee is $60 for the domestic application and $80 for the international. The fee may be paid by credit card or e-check. The fee must be paid before the application will be considered as complete, and the fee must be paid for each application submitted.
- Letters of Recommendation must be submitted electronically through the online application. applicants must not have recommenders send letters in hard copy, but rather need to submit all recommendations online once the online service is available.
- Applicants should wait to submit their transcripts only after they have marked their applications complete and submitted them. This allows for more efficient and effective matching of transcripts to applicants.
- Applicants are to submit only one transcript for each university or college they have attended. That transcript will be made available to faculty in each graduate program to which the applicant has applied, as well as for the review of the fellowship application.
- Applicants are to send their transcripts directly to the graduate program to which they have applied; in the case of multiple applications, applicants should send only one transcript to their first choice of graduate programs or to the first completed graduate program application.
- Applicants are to upload required curriculum vitae, resume and/or writing sample via the online application web site. Applicants to programs that do not list these items as requirements will not be allowed to upload them. Those programs that choose not to require these documents will not use them as part of the evaluation process, in order to help to maintain equity in evaluating applications.