Graduate

<p>You may upload additional files even after you submit your application.</p>

<p>Applicants are not required to take the GRE.<br> </p>

<p>We do not accept students for entry in the spring semester. Applications are due December 15 for the following fall semester. Students may, however, apply for non-degree seeking Special Student status any time.<br> </p>

<p>No, our department does not offer a master's degree.</p>

<p>Our department does not offer programs in Clinical or Counseling Psychology. A graduate program in Counseling is offered by Boston College&#39;s Lynch School of Education. To find out more, visit the Lynch School&#39;s Website.</p> <p><span class="btn btn-default btn-gold"><a href="/content/bc-web/schools/lynch-school.html">LSEHD Site</a></span></p>

<p>Once admission decisions have been made, you will receive notification via email.<br> </p>

<p>Special Student applicants should submit the following:</p> <ul> <li>application form</li> <li>application fee</li> <li>statement of purpose</li> <li>official transcript(s)</li> </ul>

<p>We receive an average of 175 Ph.D. applications each year. In 2019, we accepted 12 Ph.D. applications, and five of those applicants matriculated. In 2020, we received 215 applications and accepted five. Three matriculated.<br> </p>

<p>For information about the application fee, please see the application information page of the Graduate School of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences.</p> <p><a href="/content/bc-web/schools/morrissey/graduate/admission.html#appid=info-item-1"><span class="btn btn-default btn-gold">MCAS Application Info</span></a></p>

<ul> <li>2016: Verbal 161, Quantitative 153, Writing 4.61</li> <li>2017: Verbal 161, Quantitative 159, Writing 4.91</li> <li>2018: Verbal 161, Quantitative 160, Writing 4.75</li> <li>2019: Verbal 158, Quantitative 161, Writing 4.42</li> <li>2020: Verbal 163, Quantitative 160, Writing 4.95<br> </li> </ul>

<p>Students who are not seeking a degree but who are interested in pursuing coursework at the graduate level may apply for admission as Special Students. Those admitted as a Special Student may take courses only in the department that has recommended their admission. Permission to continue to take courses as a Special Student beyond the semester for which admission was originally gained must be obtained from the admitting department's Graduate Program Director. Special Student applicants are not eligible for University sponsored sources of financial aid or any financial aid that requires matriculation in a degree program.</p> <p>Admission as a Special Student does not guarantee subsequent admission for degree candidacy. Individuals admitted as Special Students who subsequently wish to apply for degree study must file additional application documents and be accepted for degree study. The number of credits one has earned as a Special Student that may be applied toward the requirements of a degree is determined by the department to which one applies, in concert with the Graduate School regulations.<br> </p>

<p>There is no &quot;required score&quot; or &quot;minimum score&quot; on either GRE test for applicants to be eligible for admission. Simply do your best.<br> </p>

<p>Any professor, associate professor, or assistant professor may recruit graduate students in a given year. Lecturers and part-time faculty do not have graduate students. Whether a faculty member is accepting new graduate students varies year to year. It is recommended that, prior to applying, you contact the faculty member or members with whom you are interested in working to ask whether they are looking for students.</p>