How to Apply
To make a complete application to our program, you will need the additional materials
discussed below. We must receive all materials before we can consider your application.
Students applying for Winter Quarter 2005 and beyond must apply online only.
To do this, go to www.gradapply.osu.edu and follow the
directions given there. If you are an applicant who absolutely cannot use the
electronic application because you do not have the Internet capabilities or do
not have a credit card, please email Graduate Admissions at (international students)
international.grad@osu.edu or
(domestic students) domestic.grad@osu.edu
Transcripts
You should write to each institution you have attended requesting that two official
transcripts of all courses completed at those institutions be sent to OSU Admissions.
We cannot act on your application until we have all your transcripts. Course work
from one institution reported as transfer credit on another school's transcript
is not acceptable; we need the original transcript. OSU Admissions now requires
that you send one official transcript to them and one official transcript to this
program.
Testing Requirements
International applicants (those from a non-English speaking
institution) must arrange to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) general
and chemistry or physics advanced subject tests. Registration forms
for the GRE, deadline dates, and test dates can be obtained from your
university. Have your scores sent directly to the OSU Chemical Physics
Program. If you are a foreign student whose native language is not
English, you also must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) unless you have received your undergraduate degree from a
U.S. institution of higher education.
Recommendations
Applicants must arrange to have three letters of
recommendation sent directly to the Chemical Physics Program. (If
applying for Graduate Fellowship, all recommendations must be on
academic or business letterhead.) Please send these and your
autobiography to the Chemical Physics Program.
Autobiography or Statement of Intent
On a separate sheet of paper, please write a one-page autobiographical
sketch (or statement of purpose). List scholarships and honors, and
include information on any practical experience you may have from
part-time jobs or hobbies as they relate to graduate study in chemical
physics. You should also write something about your goals both during
and beyond graduate school, as well as any other pertinent personal
data. In the Graduate Fellowship competition, the committee is asked
to evaluate a nominee's Statement of Purpose on the basis of clarity,
non-academic experience, motivation for graduate study, and career
goals.
Please send your autobiography and letters of reference to the Chemical Physics
Program.
Curriculum Vitae/Resume
New for admissions 2005 is the requirement of a curriculum vitae/resume that
is no more than two pages. This requirement is for those applying for a Fellowship.
This requirement is in addition to the Statement of Intent. Please submit your
curriculum vitae/resume directly to the Chemical Physics Program.
Fellowships and Graduate Associateships
Use the admission application form to request fellowship and associateship consideration.
Please check the appropriate box or boxes on the admission application. The principal
financial aid available to beginning chemical physics graduate students is the
graduate teaching associateship in either chemistry or physics. Associates are
relieved of all tuition and general fees. Outstanding applicants will also be
considered for university fellowships. The fellowship deadline for international
applicants is November 30. (Please note that this deadline means fellowship
applicants should take the GRE no later than the September test date to be sure
the results arrive in time.) The fellowship deadline for domestic applicants is
January 15.
- The Chemical Physics Program mailing address is:
- Professor Terry A. Miller
- Chemical Physics Program
- The Ohio State University
- 120 West 18th Avenue
- Columbus, OH 43210
- email:
chemphys@chemphys.chemistry.ohio-state.edu