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UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS: PDFs of unofficial transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions you have attended are required. If you are accepted and enroll, the UW Graduate School will request official transcripts from you at the time you accept the offer of admission.
Curriculum Vitae:
Resume or Curriculum Vitae is required.
Personal Statement:
A narrative goal statement (1-2 typed pages) describing background information you feel is pertinent.Your statement is your voice and your introduction to the Admissions Committee. A well written goal statement should convey your reasons for pursuing graduate work in environmental and occupational health sciences, why you feel passionate about the discipline, any particular area of research interests, faculty you would like to work with, and why you want to come to the University of Washington. Spend time writing this statement and make sure that it conveys who you are and what you want. You don’t need to know exactly which researcher you wish to work with or what project you wish to work on, but your statement should convey that you have some interests, ideas and goals and have thought about how our program can help you fulfill them.A poorly written statement can convey that the applicant doesn't understand what environmental and occupational health is or has confused it with another discipline (e.g., thinks it’s ecology or environmental sciences). It also indicates that the applicant has not spent time researching our department or faculty. The statement may read like a generic statement that has been used for several graduate school applications in different disciplines or at different universities.We welcome applicants from culturally diverse backgrounds; if you wish, you may include information concerning cultural and educational opportunities (or lack thereof), social and economic disadvantages that you may have had to overcome, and the ways in which these experiences affected you.
Recommendation Letter:
Three letters of reference from people familiar with your academic goals and potential for achieving those goals. There is no form for letters of recommendation, but the letters should discuss your potential for successfully completing your chosen program. Once you name them within the UW Graduate School Application system, your recommenders will be sent detailed instructions for submitting their letter online via email. Note that many email accounts filter out messages from computer systems such as these. Encourage your recommenders to monitor their spam inbox as to not miss the instructions for letter submission.