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Admission Requirements
All applicants must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited 4-year college or university, preferably with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Before the Admissions Committee can make its decision, applications must be complete and include:
- Application form, including an Artist's Statement, detailing your writing philosophy and your aims in earning an MFA in Creative Writing;
- Official transcripts for all previous undergraduate (and graduate) studies;
- Non-refundable application fee of $50.00 (check or money order made payable to Rosemont College);
- Three letters of recommendation (at least one should address the student's writing ability), preferably from former professors and/or professional colleagues or supervisors (please avoid obtaining letters from family or personal friends);
- A writing sample is the major focus of the admissions review process for the MFA program. The applicant should submit three copies of a creative writing sample in his or her genre of interest. For fiction and creative non-fiction, please submit a minimum of 20 manuscript pages; for poetry, please submit a minimum of 6 poems.
- For applicants whose native language is not English, official copies of TOEFL examination scores are also required.