TOEFL If your language of instruction from primary school through college/university was not English, you must take either the TOEFL or the IELTS. We require a minimum TOEFL score of 600 on the paper-based test, or 100 on the internet-based test. MIT only accepts official score reports; a photocopy will not be considered an official test score. Degrees from US or English-speaking ¬universities are not accepted in lieu of TOEFL or IELTS. In limited cases the department will consider a waiver. Applicants must request the waiver form from the department. It is advised that these tests be taken as early as possible as offiical scores from ETS should be received by the deadline. IELTS If your language of instruction from primary school through college/university was not English, you must take either the TOEFL or the IELTS. On the IELTS you must score a minimum of 7 . MIT only accepts official score reports; a photocopy will not be considered an official test score. Degrees from US or English-speaking -universities are not accepted in lieu of TOEFL or IELTS. In limited cases the department will consider a waiver. Applicants must request the waiver form from the department. It is advised that these tests be taken as early as possible as offiical scores from ETS should be received by the deadline. GRE All applicants must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Aptitude Test.

PS In your Statement of Objectives, please be sure to discuss the research questions you would like to pursue in your graduate studies CV Please submit a copy of your resum in .pdf format. Fee Fee: $75.00 RL We advise you to request letters of recommendation as soon as possible from individuals who can best evaluate your scholarly potential as a graduate student in political science. We ask that all recommendations be submitted electronically, using the online system. Use Letters of Recommendation and then Letter Status to ask for electronic recommendations and to check whether recommendations have arrived. You must e-mail your recommenders the instructions shown in Letter Status. Transcript All applicants are required to scan and upload official transcripts with their applications. Accepted applicants will be required to provide a sealed official transcript from each school attended. Any discrepancy between the scanned and official transcript may result in a withdrawal of our offer of admission. If you participated in a study abroad program and your coursework/credits are reflected on your home institution's official transcript, you do not need to list this or send an official transcript from that program. If you attended a community college or university from which you did not receive a degree and transferred those credits to an institution from which you received a degree (for which you are submitting an official transcript) you do not need to list the community college/university or provide an official transcript.