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Admissions and Financial AidApplicants for graduate study in Sociology must apply to and be accepted by both the Graduate School of the University of Connecticut and the Department of Sociology. Applicants may: 1) Apply online, which will save you money ($55 vs. $75), allow you to pay by credit card, and get your application materials to the admissions committee more quickly. Click here to see how easy it is! 2) Submit a paper application. The fee for applying by mail is $75. You can complete the paper application by printing the online PDF form from the Graduate School web site . You can also submit an on-line request form on the Graduate School web site, and they will mail an application form and Graduate school catalog. The application should be submitted to the Graduate School, along with official transcripts from all university studies, regardless of whether or not a degree was awarded, and the application fee. All application materials, including supporting documents, must be received by December 1. The Graduate School is unable to extend fee waivers, and applications will not be processed until the fee is paid. Applicants must meet a minimum GPA of 3.0. International applicants must submit transcripts and degree statements both in the original language, and an official English translation. Additionally, international applicants from countries where the official language is not English, or who have not received a degree from an institution where the language of instruction is English, must submit the results of the TOEFL examination to the Graduate Admissions Office. In addition to the Graduate School requirements, the Department of Sociology requires : 1) Submission of test scores from the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). The code for UConn (Storrs) is 3915. 2) A personal statement. This document should tell your program's admissions committee all you would like to bring out in a personal interview. Include your reasons for undertaking graduate work, your areas of interest within sociology, your ultimate plans, and how you happened to select the field in which you hope to concentrate. Details about your preparation, your strengths and weaknesses as a student, any academic honors, scholarships, or fellowships you have received, teaching and research experience will all be helpful. The committee wants to know those things about you that cannot be expressed quantitatively. 3) Three letters of recommendation. There is no form for letters of recommendation, but they should appear on letterhead with complete contact information for the person writing the letter. 4) Writing Sample. 5) List of publications with titles, locations, and page references. Mail everything in one package to the address below : Admissions Office Phone: (860) 486-3617 e-mail: gradschool@uconn.edu The Department is unable to act upon applications until the requirements of the Graduate School have been fulfilled. Further information about admission to the MA and Ph.D. Programs can be obtained from: Mary Bernstein Phone: (860) 486-3991 Financial Aid Graduate Assistantships - All students who are accepted into the program receive funding in terms of a teaching or research assistantship. Salaries range from approximately $18,000 to $22,000, depending on the student's level in the program. In addition, financial aid packages include tuition waivers and health insurance. Assistantships involve a twenty-hour per week service to the department. Incoming M.A. students are funded for 2 years as long as they are in good standing and are making adequate progress toward completing their degree. Ph.D. students are funded for 4 years as long as they are in good standing and are making adequate progress toward completing their degree. Funding in the fifth year is not guaranteed and depends on special circumstances, merit, and availability of funds. Students who receive external funding (either through a faculty member's research grant, their own scholarships, or by teaching in another unit on campus) during one of their first four years will be considered for an extra year of funding from the department. All awards are the same, regardless of whether the student is an in-state or out-of-state resident or an international student.
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