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Admission to the PhD program in Human Development is based on academic merit and fit with the research strengths of the HD faculty. It helps if you have a background in psychology, sociology or human development and in research methods and statistics. Students are only admitted to start in the Fall term. Applications are due by January 1st. Application for graduate study is made to the Graduate School of Cornell University, which has jurisdiction over all graduate work and advanced academic degrees. One criterion for selection of students is the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Students are usually expected to score a minimum of 600 on the verbal, quantitative, and analytical sections of the General Test. Students with undergraduate concentrations in special fields such as psychology or sociology are encouraged to take the Subject Test in that field. To have your scores reported to the field, please use 2098 for the institutional code and 2006 for the field code. Although a minimum of two recommendation letters are required, students are welcome to send additional ones as well as any additional material you would like included in your application. Any materials that cannot be submitted through the on-line application process (transcripts, writing samples, additional letters of recommendation) can be sent to Bonnie Biata, Department of Human Development. G77 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. Cornell University, like most prominent American graduate schools, is a member of the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States. As a member of this group, Cornell may not consider an acceptance (of admission and/or support) from a student to be binding until after April 15. (The applicant may renege on acceptance of any school's offer in writing through April 15.) Because early acceptance of an offer from a university is not binding on the student, we make most financial support offers by early March, but can continue to make financial support offers through April 15. Financial Support The Field of Human Development and Family Studies normally provides full financial support for graduate students in the form of research or teaching assistantships or fellowships awarded by either the university or the college. Students whose admission applications are completed by January 1 and who request financial support are automatically considered for college or university fellowships. Ms Bonnie Biata |
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