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Deadlines
Jan. 15, 2013: priority
June 15, 2013: final

Application

Application Fee

Autobiographical Statement
The three- to four-page typed, double-spaced autobiographical statement is a critical element in the evaluation of your application. Please consider your response carefully, tending to content, style, grammatical correctness, and essay organization. The statement is a way to introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee. It also will help faculty advisors guide and evaluate your learning experience in your program. With this in mind, write a reflective essay about your life that addresses the following:

• Significant life experiences that have affected your view of self, God, and the world. Include references to family members and significant others, courses, and experiences in college, church, service-related activities, and employment.
• Aspects of your background that inform the unique perspective you would add to the diverse and vibrant community that exists at Candler School of Theology.
• Your reasons for applying to Candler School of Theology.
• Your plans following completion of study at Candler School of Theology.

Resume
Submit a well-organized resume that provides a brief summary of your educational background, job experience, vocational aspirations, leadership goals and accomplishments, professional affiliations, honors and awards, extracurricular activities, skills, personal qualities, and interests and hobbies.

Academic Writing Sample
The academic writing sample should be a four- to seven-page sample of recent academic writing that provides evidence of writing skills, the ability to engage texts, and the ability to form clear arguments or theses. This may be an excerpt from a larger work or a short paper written for a class assignment. If the nature of the paper or the larger context for it is not evident, it is helpful to provide a cover page that will give the Admissions Committee a better understanding of the sample you are submitting. Applicants who have been out of college for more than five years and/or cannot provide a recent academic writing sample are required to complete an alternate writing assignment provided by the Admissions Committee. Click the link for further instructions.

Required Recommendations
Three recommendations from persons who are not family members are required for all Candler degree programs. You can input the recommender's information on the online application so that when you submit it the recommender will receive email instructions to complete a secure online recommendation for you. For recommenders who cannot utilize the online form or if they are added after you submit your application, please use the downloadable form.

• pastoral recommendation, provided by a pastor, chaplain, campus minister, or equivalent (required)
• academic recommendation, provided by a college or graduate school professor (if you have been out of college for more than five years and are unable to secure an academic recommendation, submit an additional professional recommendation)
• professional recommendation, provided by a work supervisor, or a person who has known you for three or more years (if you are currently a student, you may prefer to submit a second academic recommendation in lieu of a professional recommendation)

In addition to the three recommendations, Anglican and Episcopal students who wish to enroll in the Episcopal Studies Certificate must submit a letter from their Bishop stating that they are postulants and/or have the Bishop's permission to enroll in the certificate. If this applies to your situation, you should not add your Bishop as a recommender unless the Bishop will provide your pastoral recommendation and also indicate permission to enroll in the Episcopal Studies Certificate in the same letter.

Academic Transcripts
Official transcripts from all previous colleges, universities, graduate schools, and seminaries must be submitted, regardless of when you attended, how many hours were earned, or whether a degree was granted. Official transcripts should be sent directly from these institutions or delivered in a sealed and signed envelope. If you are currently enrolled at an institution, please send an official transcript of your work to date and ask that a transcript be sent promptly following the completion of the term and/or conferral of a degree.

All transcripts can be sent to:
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
1531 Dickey Drive, Suite 301
Atlanta, Georgia 30322

If applicable:

TOEFL Scores: Those for whom English is a second language should enter TOEFL information in the Test Scores section and request official scores to be sent from ETS to Candler (Institution Code 5455, Department 01). Candler requires a minimum TOEFL score of 95 (Internet-Based Test) with sub-area minimum scores of 21 OR 250 on the Computer Based Test OR 600 on the Paper Based Test. The TOEFL score must be less than five years old. Waiver requests for those with extensive English-based study and experience must be made in writing and will not be reviewed until the admissions application and all other supporting documents have been received.

Transfer students will be asked to submit a hard-copy letter of good standing from the institution from which they hope to transfer. In most cases, transfer students can be admitted provisionally pending receipt of this letter. Letters of good standing cannot be submitted through online recommendation. Please also note that transfer students are strongly encouraged to include a recommendation from a professor who taught you at your previous seminary.

International applicants only: Proof of Finances and the Emory University Financial Certificate must be furnished by international students prior to beginning the visa process, but are not required to be submitted prior to admission. For more information, please see www.candler.emory.edu/admissions/international-candler/international.cfm.

• If you are applying for one of Candler’s joint-degree programs, you must complete a separate application for the second degree program with the corresponding school.

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Deadlines
Feb. 1, 2013: priority
June 15, 2013: final

Application

Application Fee

Autobiographical Statement
The three- to four-page typed, double-spaced autobiographical statement is a critical element in the evaluation of your application. Please consider your response carefully, tending to content, style, grammatical correctness, and essay organization. The statement is a way to introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee. It also will help faculty advisors guide and evaluate your learning experience in your program. With this in mind, write a reflective essay about your life that addresses the following:

• Significant life experiences that have affected your view of self, God, and the world. Include references to family members and significant others, courses, and experiences in college, church, service-related activities, and employment.
• Academic and other interests that motivate you to engage in theological studies
• Ways the Master of Theological Studies program at Candler School of Theology fits your interests.
• Your plans following completion of study at Candler School of Theology.

Resume
Submit a well-organized resume that provides a brief summary of your educational background, job experience, vocational aspirations, leadership goals and accomplishments, professional affiliations, honors and awards, extracurricular activities, skills, personal qualities, and interests and hobbies.

Academic Writing Sample
The academic writing sample should be a four- to seven-page sample of recent academic writing that provides evidence of writing skills, the ability to engage texts, and the ability to form clear arguments or theses. This may be an excerpt from a larger work or a short paper written for a class assignment. If the nature of the paper or the larger context for it is not evident, it is helpful to provide a cover page that will give the Admissions Committee a better understanding of the sample you are submitting. Applicants who have been out of college for more than five years and/or cannot provide a recent academic writing sample are required to complete an alternate writing assignment provided by the Admissions Committee. Click the link for further instructions.

Plan of Study Statement
Master of Theological Studies (MTS) applicants should submit a two- to three-page statement detailing their proposed discipline of study, topic of research, and special interests that they plan to pursue and develop at Candler.

Required Recommendations
Three recommendations from persons who are not family members are required for all Candler degree programs. You can input the recommender's informaton on the online application so that when you submit it the recommender will receive email instructions to complete a secure online recommendation for you. For recommenders who cannot utilize the online form or if they are added after you submit your application, please use the downloadable form.

• two academic recommendations, provided by college or graduate school professors (if you have been out of college for more than five years and are unable to secure two academic recommendations, submit additional professional recommendations as needed)
• professional recommendation, provided by a work supervisor, or a person who has known you for three or more years (if you are currently a student, you may prefer to submit a second or third academic recommendation in lieu of a professional recommendation)

Academic Transcripts
Official transcripts from all previous colleges, universities, graduate schools, and seminaries must be submitted, regardless of when you attended, how many hours were earned, or whether a degree was granted. Official transcripts should be sent directly from these institutions or delivered in a sealed and signed envelope. If you are currently enrolled at an institution, please send an official transcript of your work to date and ask that a transcript be sent promptly following the completion of the term and/or conferral of a degree.

All transcripts can be sent to:
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
1531 Dickey Drive, Suite 301
Atlanta, Georgia 30322

If applicable:

TOEFL Scores: Those for whom English is a second language should enter TOEFL information in the Test Scores section and request official scores to be sent from ETS to Candler (Institution Code 5455, Department 01). Candler requires a minimum TOEFL score of 95 (Internet-Based Test) with sub-area minimum scores of 21 OR 250 on the Computer Based Test OR 600 on the Paper Based Test. The TOEFL score must be less than five years old. Waiver requests for those with extensive English-based study and experience must be made in writing and will not be reviewed until the admissions application and all other supporting documents have been received.

Transfer students will be asked to submit a hard-copy letter of good standing from the institution from which they hope to transfer. In most cases, transfer students can be admitted provisionally pending receipt of this letter. Letters of good standing cannot be submitted through online recommendation. Please also note that transfer students are strongly encouraged to include a recommendation from a professor who taught you at your previous seminary.

International applicants only: Proof of Finances and the Emory University Financial Certificate must be furnished by international students prior to beginning the visa process, but are not required to be submitted prior to admission. For more information, please see www.candler.emory.edu/admissions/international-candler/international.cfm.

• If you are applying for one of Candler’s joint-degree programs, you must complete a separate application for the second degree program with the corresponding school.

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Deadline
Feb. 15, 2013: final

Application

Application Fee

Autobiographical Statement
The three- to four-page typed, double-spaced autobiographical statement is a critical element in the evaluation of your application. Please consider your response carefully, tending to content, style, grammatical correctness, and essay organization. The statement is a way to introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee. It also will help faculty advisors guide and evaluate your learning experience in your program. With this in mind, write a reflective essay about your life that addresses the following:

• Significant life experiences that have affected your view of self, God, and the world. Include references to family members and significant others, courses, and experiences in college, church, service-related activities, and employment.
• Aspects of your background that inform the unique perspective you would add to the diverse and vibrant community that exists at Candler School of Theology.
• Your reasons for applying to Candler School of Theology.
• Your plans following completion of study at Candler School of Theology.

Resume
Submit a well-organized resume that provides a brief summary of your educational background, job experience, vocational aspirations, leadership goals and accomplishments, professional affiliations, honors and awards, extracurricular activities, skills, personal qualities, and interests and hobbies.

Academic Writing Sample
The academic writing sample should be a four- to seven-page sample of recent academic writing that provides evidence of writing skills, the ability to engage texts, and the ability to form clear arguments or theses. This may be an excerpt from a larger work or a short paper written for a class assignment. If the nature of the paper or the larger context for it is not evident, it is helpful to provide a cover page that will give the Admissions Committee a better understanding of the sample you are submitting. Applicants who have been out of college for more than five years and/or cannot provide a recent academic writing sample are required to complete an alternate writing assignment provided by the Admissions Committee. Click the link for further instructions.

Plan of Study Statement
Master of Theology (ThM) applicants should submit a two- to three-page statement explaining how the proposed topic of research in the area of Bible, Preaching and Worship, Pastoral Care, Theology, Ethics, or Religious Education is best suited to Candler’s offerings in one of those required areas.

Required Recommendations
Three recommendations from persons who are not family members are required for all Candler degree programs. We suggest the following types of recommendations for each degree program. You can input the recommender's informaton on the online application so that when you submit it the recommender will receive email instructions to complete a secure online recommendation for you. For recommenders who cannot utilize the online form or if they are added after you submit your application, please use the downloadable form.

• academic recommendation, provided by college or graduate school professors (if you have been out of college for more than five years and are unable to secure an academic recommendation, submit additional professional recommendations)
• professional recommendation, provided by a work supervisor, or a person who has known you for three or more years (if you are currently a student, you may prefer to submit a second academic recommendation in lieu of a professional recommendation)
• if you are currently serving as a pastor, we would like evidence of support from your ecclesial supervisor for your return to school. An ecclesial recommendation may be from a Bishop, District Superintendent, or denominational executive (select Pastoral as Recommender Type in online application). If you are not serving under ecclesial supervision at this time, you may substitute an additional academic or professional recommendation for the ecclesial one.

Academic Transcripts
Official transcripts from all previous colleges, universities, graduate schools, and seminaries must be submitted, regardless of when you attended, how many hours were earned, or whether a degree was granted. Official transcripts should be sent directly from these institutions or delivered in a sealed and signed envelope. If you are currently enrolled at an institution, please send an official transcript of your work to date and ask that a transcript be sent promptly following the completion of the term and/or conferral of a degree.

All transcripts can be sent to:
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
1531 Dickey Drive, Suite 301
Atlanta, Georgia 30322

If applicable:

TOEFL Scores: Those for whom English is a second language should enter TOEFL information in the Test Scores section and request official scores to be sent from ETS to Candler (Institution Code 5455, Department 01). Candler requires a minimum TOEFL score of 95 (Internet-Based Test) with sub-area minimum scores of 21 OR 250 on the Computer Based Test OR 600 on the Paper Based Test. The TOEFL score must be less than five years old. Waiver requests for those with extensive English-based study and experience must be made in writing and will not be reviewed until the admissions application and all other supporting documents have been received.

Transfer students will be asked to submit a hard-copy letter of good standing from the institution from which they hope to transfer. In most cases, transfer students can be admitted provisionally pending receipt of this letter. Letters of good standing cannot be submitted through online recommendation. Please also note that transfer students are strongly encouraged to include a recommendation from a professor who taught you at your previous seminary.

International applicants only: Proof of Finances and the Emory University Financial Certificate must be furnished by international students prior to beginning the visa process, but are not required to be submitted prior to admission. For more information, please see www.candler.emory.edu/admissions/international-candler/international.cfm.

• If you are applying for one of Candler’s joint-degree programs, you must complete a separate application for the second degree program with the corresponding school.

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Deadline
Jan. 15, 2013: final

Application

Application Fee

Autobiographical Statement
The five- to 10-page typed, double-spaced autobiographical statement is a critical element in the evaluation of your application. Please consider your response carefully, tending to content, style, grammatical correctness, and essay organization. The statement is a way to introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee. It also will help faculty advisors guide and evaluate your learning experience in your program. With this in mind, write a reflective essay about your life that addresses the following:

• Sense of pastoral identity and reflection on pastoral experience in ministry or significant history of service to the church.
• Formation through Clinical Pastoral Education or other clinical experience.
• Your understanding of pastoral counseling as a vocation and academic discipline.
• Your topic of research or special interests that you plan to pursue in dissertation research.
• Academic and clinical interests that motivate you to pursue advanced studies.
• Your plans following completion of study at Candler School of Theology.

Resume
Submit a well-organized resume that provides a brief summary of your educational background, job experience, vocational aspirations, leadership goals and accomplishments, professional affiliations, honors and awards, extracurricular activities, skills, personal qualities, and interests and hobbies.

Academic Writing Sample
The academic writing sample should be a four- to seven-page sample of recent academic writing that provides evidence of writing skills, the ability to engage texts, and the ability to form clear arguments or theses. This may be an excerpt from a larger work or a short paper written for a class assignment. If the nature of the paper or the larger context for it is not evident, it is helpful to provide a cover page that will give the Admissions Committee a better understanding of the sample you are submitting. Applicants who have been out of college for more than five years and/or cannot provide a recent academic writing sample are required to complete an alternate writing assignment provided by the Admissions Committee. Click the link for further instructions.

Required Recommendations
Three recommendations from persons who are not family members are required for all Candler degree programs. We suggest the following types of recommendations for each degree program. You can input the recommender's information on the online application so that when you submit it the recommender will receive email instructions to complete a secure online recommendation for you. For recommenders who cannot utilize the online form or if they are added after you submit your application, please use the downloadable form.

• one academic recommendation provided by a graduate school professor (if you have been out of college for more than five years and are unable to secure an academic recommendation, submit an additional professional recommendation)
• ecclesial or pastoral recommendation provided by a denominational executive or pastor
• work or character recommendation provided by a work supervisor or a lay person who has known you for three to five years (Select Professional as Recommendation Type in Online Application)

Academic Transcripts
Official transcripts from all previous colleges, universities, graduate schools, and seminaries must be submitted, regardless of when you attended, how many hours were earned, or whether a degree was granted. Official transcripts should be sent directly from these institutions or delivered in a sealed and signed envelope. If you are currently enrolled at an institution, please send an official transcript of your work to date and ask that a transcript be sent promptly following the completion of the term and/or conferral of a degree.

All transcripts can be sent to:
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
1531 Dickey Drive, Suite 301
Atlanta, Georgia 30322

GRE Scores
The ThD program requires GRE scores for admission, and scores must be no more than five years old. There is no minimum score; however, your scores should be competitive with others applying to the program. The Candler School Code is 5198.

CPE Assessment
A copy of your CPE assessments (normally four consecutive units) is required from all ThD applicants. If you have not completed all four units at the time of application, you should submit assessments from those units which have been completed.

If applicable:

TOEFL Scores: Those for whom English is a second language should enter TOEFL information in the Test Scores section and request official scores to be sent from ETS to Candler (Institution Code 5455, Department 01). Candler requires a minimum TOEFL score of 95 (Internet-Based Test) with sub-area minimum scores of 21 OR 250 on the Computer Based Test OR 600 on the Paper Based Test. The TOEFL score must be less than five years old. Waiver requests for those with extensive English-based study and experience must be made in writing and will not be reviewed until the admissions application and all other supporting documents have been received.

Transfer students will be asked to submit a hard-copy letter of good standing from the institution from which they hope to transfer. In most cases, transfer students can be admitted provisionally pending receipt of this letter. Letters of good standing cannot be submitted through online recommendation. Please also note that transfer students are strongly encouraged to include a recommendation from a professor who taught you at your previous seminary.

International applicants only: Proof of Finances and the Emory University Financial Certificate must be furnished by international students prior to beginning the visa process, but are not required to be submitted prior to admission. For more information, please see www.candler.emory.edu/admissions/international-candler/international.cfm.

• If you are applying for one of Candler’s joint-degree programs, you must complete a separate application for the second degree program with the corresponding school.

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Deadlines
November 1, 2012: Final deadline for Special Student Spring Admission
May 1, 2013: Final deadline for Special Student Summer Admission
July 1, 2013: Final deadline for Special Student Fall Admission

Application

Application Fee

Autobiographical Statement
The one- to two-page typed, double-spaced autobiographical statement is a critical element in the evaluation of your application. Please consider your response carefully, tending to content, style, grammatical correctness, and essay organization. The statement is a way to introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee. With this in mind, write a reflective essay about your life that addresses the following:

• Aspects of your background that inform the unique perspective you would add to the diverse and vibrant community that exists at Candler School of Theology.
• Your reasons for applying to Candler School of Theology.
• Your plans following completion of study at Candler School of Theology.

Resume
Submit a well-organized resume that provides a brief summary of your educational background, job experience, vocational aspirations, leadership goals and accomplishments, professional affiliations, honors and awards, extracurricular activities, skills, personal qualities, and interests and hobbies.

Academic Transcripts
Official transcripts from all previous colleges, universities, graduate schools, and seminaries must be submitted, regardless of when you attended, how many hours were earned, or whether a degree was granted. Official transcripts should be sent directly from these institutions or delivered in a sealed and signed envelope. If you are currently enrolled at an institution, please send an official transcript of your work to date and ask that a transcript be sent promptly following the completion of the term and/or conferral of a degree.

All transcripts can be sent to:
Candler School of Theology
Emory University
Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
1531 Dickey Drive, Suite 301
Atlanta, Georgia 30322

If applicable:

TOEFL Scores: Those for whom English is a second language should enter TOEFL information in the Test Scores section and request official scores to be sent from ETS to Candler (Institution Code 5455, Department 01). Candler requires a minimum TOEFL score of 95 (Internet-Based Test) with sub-area minimum scores of 21 OR 250 on the Computer Based Test OR 600 on the Paper Based Test. The TOEFL score must be less than five years old. Waiver requests for those with extensive English-based study and experience must be made in writing and will not be reviewed until the admissions application and all other supporting documents have been received.

International applicants only: Proof of Finances and the Emory University Financial Certificate must be furnished by international students prior to beginning the visa process, but are not required to be submitted prior to admission. For more information, please see www.candler.emory.edu/admissions/international-candler/international.cfm.

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