| Application
Questions
1. What is the application
process?
2. Can any of my supplemental
materials (Transcripts, Recommendations or GRE/GMAT/TOEFL
scores) arrive after the deadline?
3. How do I delete a duplicate application/account?
4. What are the application deadlines?
5. What is the application fee
and how can I pay it?
6. Do you have a Fee Waiver
program?
7. If I am reapplying,
what do I need to do?
8. My Transcript needs to be translated to English; do you have translators or translation services which you recommend or are preferred?
9. Where should I send my supplemental
materials (letters of recommendation, transcripts, etc.)?
Can I send these to your office or do they need to come directly
from the registrar/recommender? How many copies of my transcripts
do you need?
10. Will Yale accept my credentials
from a credential management or dossier service (Interfolio, my
university, etc.)?
11. The field of study
or subfield for my proposed Department/Program of Study cannot
be selected in Step 3 of the Online Application under Program
of Study. What should I do?
12. Can I submit supplemental
materials (transcripts, letters of recommendation, etc.) before
I submit my application?
13. Can I check on the status
of my application and see if my transcripts/ letters of recommendation/GRE
scores/etc have been received by your office?
14. I am applying online and have a question
about my Applicant ID number and/or my PIN.
15. Can I apply to more than
one program at the Graduate School?
16. What's the difference between a Combined
Degree and a Joint Degree?
17. I made an error in my Statement
of Purpose and would like to revise it.
18. My application is marked “Incomplete”
but the status of all my materials have been received.
Application Questions
1. What is the application process?
Application for admission to the Yale Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences is an Online process (there is no paper application
for you to fill out or mail).
After creating an account and accessing the Online application
you may then begin to complete your application.
You have the ability to "upload" your Personal Statment
of Purpose, as well as Writing Samples, a Resume and other documents
you wish to include with your application.
You have the ability to designate your Recommenders who can submit
a letter of recommendation for you whether on-line or by paper.
If you designate a recommender as submitting on-line, your recommender
will receive an e-mail providing instructions and access information.
You have the ability to work on your application at any time
and submit it when you are ready.
You have the ability to "track" the receipt of Transcripts
and Recommendations. The earlier you submit your application the
sooner you can learn about the receipt of these materials.
At the time you are ready to submit your application you will
be offered two payment options.
After submission you may print a PDF copy for your own use which
will look exactly as the copy that will be printed at the Office
of Graduate Admissions.
Applications received on or before the deadline of the program
you are applying to will be provided to your designated program
during January.
Application accounts created and applications started and not
submitted by the deadline of your respective program will be deleted
prior to the start of the new application cycle (early August
of each year). Application data and any associated supplemental
materials are not retained.
Please read the Policies
and Procedures
for detailed information on the actual requirements of the process.
2. Can any of my supplemental materials
(Transcripts, Recommendations or GRE/TOEFL Scores) arrive after
the deadline?
While credentials (including Standardized Test Scores ) are accepted
after the application deadline, timely submission of documents
and scores will provide the faculty with a more complete application
for review. There is a possibility that your designated department
will not see credentials that arrive after the application deadline,
and some may not review your application unless all supplemental
materials are included.
3. How do I delete a duplicate application/account?
A duplicate account is the result of you having previously created an application account at Yale and then accessing the on-line application at Yale again logging in using the PIN # assigned as a function of creating an application account at another institution which uses the same application software provider (ApplyYourself, AY Recruiting or Hobson's Emt) and not the PIN # assigned when you created your account at Yale. Duplicate accounts can also result by accessing logging into the Yale on-line application using the PIN # assigned by another institution (the correct method) and subsequently, creating an application account at Yale.
It is important to contact the Office of Graduate Admissions to have the duplicate account deleted. The process of deleting a duplicate account can be complicated if you have requested letters of Recommendation and one or more have been received, using the account you wish to have deleted. If this situation applies you much first contact Technical Support to have the letters of Recommendation transferred to the application you wish to maintain. When that is completed you will then need to contact the Office of Graduate Admissions.
4. What are the application deadlines?*
The deadlines for Fall 2009 for receipt of the application and
all supplemental materials are as follows:
December 5, 2008: Biological and Biomedical Sciences
(BBS).
December 15, 2008: Computer Science, Economics,
Epidemiology and Public Health, Political Science, and Psychology.
January 2, 2009: All other Programs and Departments.
Admissions committees may not consider applications and/or credentials
received after the deadline.
5. What is the application fee
and how can I pay it?
The application fee for Fall 2009 is US$90.00.
The online application has provisions for two forms of payment;
payment by credit card (Mastercard or Visa) is preferred, since
your online application can be processed immediately. You will
also have the opportunity to print out a personalized voucher
and mail it in with a personal check, bank draft or money order
(domestic or international), made payable to Yale University.
However, your online application will not be processed until your
check or money order is received in our office. All international
payments must be in U.S. Dollars and drawn on a U.S. Bank. Wire
transfers are not accepted.
6. Do you have a Fee Waiver Program?
If you are a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident visa holder,
and meet certain requirements, you may be eligible for a waiver
or refund of the application fee. Except as noted in the Fee Waiver
Eligibility and Instructions page available on this website, all applicants
must pay the application fee upon submission of the application.
Any application received without payment will not be forwarded
to the program for review or be considered for admission. Non-US
citizens are not eligible to apply for a fee waiver.
7. I am reapplying, what do I
need to do?
Previous applicants who were not admitted to the Graduate School
and applicants who declined a previous offer of admission must
submit a new application and pay the $90 application fee. Admissions
records such as applications and supplemental materials, of applicants
who did not enroll in the Graduate School are retained for two
years by the Graduate Office of Admissions and will be combined
with new application records. If you are re-applying for
admission in Fall 2009, and filed a previous application for either
the Fall 2007 or Fall 2008 we will have your previous application
and supplemental materials. Be advised that in addition
to submitting a new application, you must also submit transcripts
depicting all academic work not included in the previous application,
one new recommendation, a new personal statement of purpose, the
application fee, and any other credentials required to complete
your application, such as writing samples and GRE and TOEFL or
IELTS scores. All previously submitted supplemental materials
such as Letters of Recommendations and Transcripts will be collated
with your new application and marked as received if your current
on-line application lists the same Recommenders as those which
were previously reported (when you do list these recommenders
in your on-line application, be certain to mark them as "Off
line". If you do not list the same Recommenders as in the
prior year, we will still enter them and mark them as received.
If you applied for admission for Fall 2006 or earlier,
we will not have your application or any supplemental materials.
You will need to submit all new supplemental materials with your
Fall 2009 application. Applicants who have been denied admission
three times by the Graduate School, whether by one or more departments,
may not file further applications. Please read the Policies
and Procedures
on reapplying for additional information.
8. My Transcript needs to be translated to English; do you have translators or translation services which you recommend or are preferred?
If your transcript is a language other then English it will need to be translated. We do not make recommendations regarding what service or organization or individual should do this – that choice is up to you. We do however, suggest that it be translated by a service, organization or individual for which translation is a routine function. The translation must be certified to be an accurate translation of the original and be notarized or otherwise authenticated. Translations provided by yourself, family or friends, should not be submitted.
9. Where should I send my supplemental
materials (letters of recommendation, transcripts, etc.)? Can I
send these to your office or do they need to come directly from
the registrar/recommender?
All credentials such as transcripts and letters
of recommendation submitted in paper form, as well as any written
materials not attached to your online application are to be sent
to the Office of Graduate Admissions - no materials are to
be sent to your program of study.
The online application can accommodate most of the supplemental
materials you will need such as letters of recommendations, writing
samples/abstracts or others which may be required. Writing
samples, abstracts, resumes, etc., as well as your Personal Statement
of Purpose, can all be uploaded (attached) to your online application
so there is no need to mail paper copies into us. The
inclusion of such duplicate materials makes the review of your
file more difficult. Recommendations requested to be
submitted online are automatically attached to your application
when you submit it.
If one of your recommenders (providers) wishes to submit a paper
recommendation you should provide him/her a copy of the recommendation
form which is available from within the online application under
"downloadable forms". It is important that you enter
your recommenders names and whether or not they will be supplying
your recommendation on or off line. You'll also want to enter
your biographic information and your program in your Online application
so that this form will be pre-filled with that information as
well as your applicant ID. Letters of recommendation submitted
by paper must arrive at our office in a sealed envelope with the
recommenders signature across the seal. They may be sent to us
by you or by your recommender.
You should use the Transcript Request form available from within
the online application under "downloadable forms" when
ordering transcripts from your prior institutions. While it is
not mandatory to use this form, it does help in ensuring that
your transcript is properly matched with the file. Only
one (1) of each transcript is needed. Transcripts must
arrive at our office in a sealed envelope from the issuing institution.
If circumstances require that you send them in, they must be delivered
to us unopened with the signature of the registrar or stamp of
the school across the sealed flap of the envelope. The one exception
to this is if your original transcript is in a language other
than english. In these cases the transcript will need to be translated
to english. The translation must be certified to be an accurate
translation of the original and be notarized or otherwise authenticated.
The translation and the original transcript can then be enclosed
in another envelope and sent to our office by you or the translator.
If you used one of our Transcript Request Forms from the online
application, your information will be pre-populated. On this form
there is a section labeled "Student Identification Number"
this number is not pre-populated from the online application but
is a number that you were issued from your University that uses
to identify you. This form includes our mailing address.
All Credentials are to be sent to the Office of Graduate
Admissions, not to your designated program.
Please also see question 10: Can I submit supplemental
materials (transcripts, letters of recommendation, etc.) before
I submit my application? Remember there is no need to
mail paper copies of materials uploaded to your on-line application.
The inclusion of such duplicate materials makes the review of
your file more difficult.
Our mailing address for the U.S. Postal Service/Air Mail:
Office of Graduate Admissions
Yale University
PO Box 208323
New Haven, CT 06520
USA
Express/ Courier Service only:
Office of Graduate Admissions
Yale University
320 York Street, HGS Room 117
New Haven, CT 06511
USA
The phone number you should put on express service envelopes
is: 203-432-2771
10. Will Yale accept my credentials
from a credential management or dossier service (Interfolio, my
university, etc.)?
Yes, the Office of Admissions will accept credentials from this
type of service, however, it is the responsibility of the applicant
to request to have the correct credentials mailed to the Yale
Graduate School and to ensure those materials properly identify
the applicant. We do not have the mechanism in place to accept
credentials electronically from credential management or university
dossier services . We also cannot accept transcripts from these
services. We require original transcripts with the signature of
the Registrar and seal of the school.
11. The field of study or subfield
for my proposed Department/Program of Study cannot be selected in
Step 3 of the Online Application under Program of Study - what should
I do?
While a number of programs and departments at the Graduate School
offer specific fields of study, not all of them require you to
choose one when you submit your application. Some of the programs/departments
which require you to choose a subfield or concentration when submitting
your application are Anthropology, Chemistry, the Combined Program
in Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS), Engineering and Applied
Science, Epidemiology and Public Health, European and Russian
Studies, History, History of Art, Political Science, Psychology,
and Religious Studies. The available fields of study for these
programs will be displayed to you in the form of a drop down table
once you make your selection for Proposed Program of Study. If
you are applying to a program not listed above you may wish to
indicate your interest in a specific field of study in your Personal
Statement.
12. Can I submit supplemental
materials (transcripts, letters of recommendation, etc.) before
I submit my application?
Yes. However, please be aware you may request your recommendations
online and you may upload (attach) materials to your online application.
We do not encourage supplemental materials which cannot be attached
(uploaded) to your online application (such as large manuscripts
or books, CDs or sheet music). The earlier your materials are
received at our office, the more quickly we can match them with
your application once you submit it. It is essential that anything
you mail to our office is clearly labeled with your name, proposed
program of study and all relevant contact information. Do
not mail any materials to your designated program.
Please note that writing samples, abstracts, resumes,
etc., as well as your Personal Statement of Purpose, can all be
uploaded (attached) to your online application so there is no
need to mail paper copies into us. The inclusion
of such duplicate materials makes the review of your file more
difficult.
13. Can I check on the status
of my application and see if my transcripts/letters of recommendation/GRE
scores/etc. have been received by your office?
Once you start your online applicant you can login into it at
any time to check the status of the receipt of recommendations
submitted for you electronically. Once you submit your application
you will be able to see whether or not we have received transcripts
or GRE/TOEFL/IELTS scores or other materials which may have been
mailed to us. However, the process of status reporting
requires manual file updates and can take a period of time. Please
be aware that our office receives an extraordinary amount of mail
so you should allow several days (up to 5-13 during peak processing
periods) for the status of mailed in material to be posted to
your application. This is also true for Standardized
Scores which may have been sent to us earlier in the process.
Please allow an ample amount of time for this when checking the
receipt of materials.
Because of this we strongly urge you to submit your application
as early as possible.
If your application is marked as "Incomplete"
for any reason other then the receipt of the application fee your
application will still be processed on to your designed program.
While the program may contact you for missing materials if deemed
necessary, it is your responsibility to ensure that all materials
are received prior to the deadline or if there is an issue which
needs to be resolved.
We cannot give any applicant status information over
the phone or via e-mail.
Please refer to question 16 for additional information.
14. I am applying online and
have a question about my Applicant ID number and/or my PIN.
All online applicants receive an ApplyYourself PIN number and
password when you create your account to apply to Yale. This is
the number you use to login to the online application. If you
lose your PIN, you should use the form on the login page of the
online application to request assistance. You should never
disclose your PIN number. If you already have an ApplyYourself
PIN number and password from a previous year unsubmitted application
or from another school, you can use that same PIN and password
to access our application for this year.
Your Applicant ID number is created once you
submit your application. Once you submit your application you
will receive a confirmation e-mail with your Applicant ID number.
This is the number the Office of Graduate Admissions uses to track
your application. If you are creating transcript requests or recommendation
cover pages for recommenders wanting to submit by paper, those
forms will be prefilled for you from within the Online application
if you supply your name and e-mail address - the Applicant
ID will automatically be filled in. You should not print
any blank transcript request forms or blank cover pages for the
recommendation - these should be printed only after starting the
Online application. If you have submitted your online application,
and are requesting transcripts or paper letters of recommendation,
you can print those forms from within your Online application
and your Applicant ID number will be prefilled. Never
use your PIN # or SSN in place of the Applicant ID.
15. Can I apply to more than
one program at the Graduate School?
No. Applications may be made to only one department or program
at the Graduate School per term unless specified as one of the
three combined degree programs (African American Studies, Film
Studies, Renaissance Studies) currently available at the Graduate
School.
16. What's the difference between
a Combined Degree and a Joint Degree?
Some departments and programs offer a Joint Degree
between the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and one of Yale’s
professional schools. If you apply for a Joint Degree you must
submit an application to both the professional school and the
Graduate School.
A Combined Degree is between two departments
or programs, both within the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Applicants submit one application to the Graduate School and indicate
that they wish to be considered for both programs. Certain programs
(African American Studies, Film Studies, and Renaissance Studies)
are mandatory combined degrees and applicants must indicate on
their application which department/program at the Graduate School
they with to be combined with. Other departments/programs at the
Graduate School can be combined, but do not have to be. Additionally,
some departments and programs may not be combined. Refer to the
Department and Program listing for complete
information.
17. I made
an error in my Statement of Purpose and would like to revise it.
If you already submitted your application you are not able to
correct it. Please do not mail a corrected copy as we are unable
to substitute it for you original submission.
If you did not submit your application than you can easily go
back to your online application, go to Personal Statement and
click on the delete button. You will then be able to upload a
new personal statement.
18. My application is marked
Incomplete but the status of all my materials have been marked as
received.
Status updates from Incomplete to Complete is an overnight process.
After a day or so your status will be changed from Incomplete
to Complete. If your status still shows Incomplete and all your
materials have been received you should e-mail us at graduate.admissions@yale.edu
placing a "#" sign as the first character of the subject
line.
*All deadlines are subject to change
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