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Admissions Information
1. How
do I obtain information about admission to the M.A. or Certificate
program?
2. What are the admissions requirements?
3. What about tuition costs and financial
aid?
4. What about locating housing?
5. Can I arrange a campus visit?
1.
How do I obtain information about admission
to the M.A. or Certificate program?
Contact
the Graduate Admissions
Office at Wheaton College for information about various
graduate programs and admissions requirements. They can send
you brochures about the programs and about financial aid.
Telephone:
1-800-888-0141
E-mail:
gradadm@wheaton.edu
2.
What are the admissions requirements?
Admissions
requirements include a bachelor's degree from a regionally
accredited college or university, with an undergraduate GPA
of 2.75 or higher. Prospective students must submit an application
with transcripts of all post-secondary academic work. The
application includes autobiographical information, essays,
and letters of recommendation. GRE or MAT scores are required
for all students except for international students, who must
take the TOEFL.
Non-native
speakers of English must submit TOEFL, TSE, and TWE scores.
For the M.A. or Certificate in TESOL, a minimum TOEFL score
of 600 is required.
In addition,
we strongly recommend that applicants to the TESOL programs
have prior experience with foreign language learning, either
abroad or in the U.S. Many of our graduate students have majors
or minors in foreign languages or at least an intermediate
level of proficiency in a language. A number of our students
also have short-term teaching experience prior to enrolling
in the program, although this is not a requirement.
3.
What about tuition costs and financial
aid?
Click
here for the
cost of the tuition this current year. A normal full-time
academic load is 12 hours per semester.
Financial
aid is available in the form of loans, scholarships and grants.
Click here
for more information on financial aid offered by Wheaton.
The Stafford loan program can be applied to full- or part-time
studies. Information about this program (and applications
for Stafford loans) are available through the college Financial
Aid Office or through local banks and credit unions.
There
is over half a million dollars in grant money available to
full-time degree graduate students at Wheaton .
Applications
for financial aid require a Free Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA) or Wheaton College Financial Aid Application.
The priority deadline is March 1 for admission in the fall.
Awards are based on availability of funds. Notification of
awards begins in March.
Contact
the Financial Aid
Office at 1-800-362-2674.
4.
What about locating housing?
The College
rents a limited number of apartments to graduate students
on a first-come, first-served basis. One-bedroom apartments
are available for married couples, and two-bedroom apartments
are available for couples with children. Single graduate students
are housed in one-bedroom apartments, two students per apartment.
Most units are furnished. Contact the Housing
Office for more information housing@wheaton.edu
or (630)752-5027
There
are also a number of privately owned apartments or rooms to
rent near campus. The Graduate Student Services Office has
information about the cost and availability of places which
fit this option. You can contact Graduate Student Services
at 1-630-752-5191 or grad.studentserv@wheaton.edu
5.
Can I arrange a campus visit?
Students
are invited to visit campus any time. Special day programs
are available in November and February, when the Admissions
Office sponsors the "Window to Wheaton." Appointments
should be made two weeks in advance by calling 1-800-888-0141
(out-of-state) or 630-752-5195 in Illinois. You are welcome
to sit in on any class which is currently being offered.
See also:
Graduate Admissions
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