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MSU Graduate Education Application Portal (GEA Portal) (using the link emailed to you)
Provide contact information for 3 recommendation letter writers in GEA Portal.
You will need to include: first and last name, job title, employer, email address.
Please ensure you have a mutual agreement and understanding with your recommender prior to submitting their information into the system. You are responsible for ensuring the required letters of recommendation are submitted on your behalf. You may need to follow up with your recommenders regarding missing letters to complete your application.
NOTE: Please inform your recommenders the portal sends recommendation requests from
[email protected].
Upload your Professional & Scholarly Goal Statement to the GEA Portal (specify Academic Statement as the document type)
This document is a very important element of your application.
See description of content and formatting of this statement.
Upload your Writing Sample to the GEA Portal
Submit an example of academic or professional writing, e.g., something that you have published, a master's thesis, or a paper you might have submitted to fulfill graduate course requirements. You must have authored the sample exclusively. The purpose is to demonstrate your ability to write analytical English prose in order to give the review committee a clear idea of how well you will be able to carry out the kind of analytical writing that is such a central component of advanced graduate student.
Samples whose content is close to the applicant's stated interest are most useful.
Upload your Vita or Resume to the GEA Portal (specify Resume as the document type)
List professional experience, awards, honors, publications, presentations, professional affiliations, and professional development activities.
Send one official copy of your Transcripts from all previous institutions attended
Complete the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
The verbal, quantitative, and analytical portions of the GRE should be submitted. Applications should have official test results reported to institution code 1465.