Applicants should attach UNOFFICIAL COPIES of their transcripts to their application. Only admitted applicants will be instructed to submit official and final transcripts (with prior degrees posted) as a condition of enrollment at Vanderbilt. A statement of purpose no more than three to five pages long
Three letters of recommendation
GRE general test scores
The Vanderbilt English Department requires that applicants take the GRE aptitude test, but not the GRE subject test. The scores applicants submit should be no more than five years old.
Applicants whose native language is not English and who have not received a degree at an English-speaking university must submit scores on the TOEFL. International students should have a TOEFL score of not less than 570 on the paper-based test, computer-based TOEFL score of 230, or an Internet-based TOEFL score of 88.