Professional resume
Unofficial transcripts/mark sheets from each college or university attended. If admitted, official transcripts must be submitted. Visit the PSU Admissions website for detailed transcript requirements.
Application essays (4): Essays are your opportunity to tell us who you are beyond your GPAs, test scores and resume. Use this opportunity to provide us with a better understanding of your personal journey, unique background and goals associated with the program.
250 words maximum per essay question.
Answers to all four questions are required. Attach one document with responses to all four essay questions.
See questions below.
Two letters of recommendation. At least one should be a professional recommendation.
Interview
$67 application fee - waived for 2021 admission year
GMAT and GRE Optional: We recognize that standardized exams are not always a fair reflection of a candidates' abilities as a result of the inequity of those exams. Therefore we have suspended the GMAT and GRE requirement for the 2020 - 2021 application season. This means the GMAT or GRE are no longer required for admission to the MSF program at PSU beginning 2021 - 2022. We recommend that applicants with undergraduate or graduate GPAs lower than 3.0 or prerequisite grades lower than a B consider taking the GMAT or GRE to improve the competitiveness of their application. We will also offer boot camps and communication courses for students admitted to the MSF program who need additional preparation.
Admission eligibility is based on receipt of a baccalaureate degree equivalent to a United States four-year bachelor's degree from a college or university recognized as an institution of higher education by the Ministry of Education in the relevant country or be regionally accredited within the U.S. prior to matriculating into a graduate program.
To be considered for regular admission, applicants must have a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or the equivalent (on the U.S. 4.0 scale). Applicants who have earned 9 or more letter-graded graduate credits must have a minimum graduate GPA of 3.0 or the equivalent, this graduate GPA supersedes the undergraduate GPA.
IELTS - 6.5 overall score with minimum sub-scores of 6.5 in reading and writing
TOEFL iBT - minimum overall score of 80 with minimum subscores of 18 in reading and writing