Isenberg seeks the best and brightest. MS in Accounting candidates are evaluated based on academic history, evidence of motivation and aptitude for graduate-level work, and professional experience.

GMAT/GRE scores are only required at the request of the Program Director. If you have a score that you would like to submit, we will include it in our overall review of your application. A solid GMAT/GRE score enhances any application. Instances where the Program Director will ask for a score are when an applicant has below a 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA and completed their bachelor's degree within only one to two years of applying.
Personal Statement
A personal essay should be one to two pages in length, and include information about your past and current academic and professional history, your future goals and reasons for pursuing the MS in Accounting, and other pertinent details that will help us evaluate you as a candidate.

Resum/CV
Your resume should outline your work history including post-graduate professional work experience, and any positions held during college. Work experience is not a requirement for admission, but will enhance your application. Internship experience should be highlighted, as well as community service, student and civic club membership, athletics. Professional experience includes positions that involve decision making responsibility: leadership, executive, managerial, supervisory or teaching positions, and military service.

Graduate School Short Essay
Please take the time to answer all parts of the following question. 600 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but do not feel obligated to do so.

At UMass Amherst, no two students are alike. Our communities and groups often define us and shape our individual worlds. Community can refer to various aspects, including shared geography, religion, race/ethnicity, income, ideology, ability, sexuality, gender, and more.

Please choose one of your communities or groups and describe its significance. Explain how your experience in this community or group would enable you to enrich the following:
1. Your department/program/our campus
2. Your field/discipline

Official Transcripts
Please submit your transcripts from all colleges/universities attended, undergraduate and graduate, where nine (9) or more credits were earned. Unofficial transcripts uploaded to the 'Additional Materials' page of your application are acceptable. Upon admittance, official transcripts will need to be submitted, either electronically or in paper format, directly by each institution's Registrar to the Graduate Student Service Center. Review the instructions on this page for instructions on submitting official transcripts.

Letters of Recommendation
Your two letters of recommendation should be from individuals who know you on a professional or academic level well enough to provide specific examples and details regarding your past performance and competencies. Any combination of professional or academic references is acceptable.
GMAT/GRE Score (Waivers Available)
For admission to the MS in Accounting, the minimum scores for admission are as follows: the minimum combined TOEFL score is 100, the minimum IELTS Academic combined score is 7, the minimum Duolingo English Test overall score is 120, and the minimum PTE Academic overall score is 68.