Requirements
To matriculate in the Graduate School, you must have received a baccalaureate degree or, for students with foreign credentials, the equivalent from a college or university of recognized standing. An official certification of each degree earned is required.
A complete application must include:
Application
Statement of purpose
Official transcripts
Letters of recommendation (including forms)
Resume or CV
Two Essays
GRE/GMAT score (see below for requirements)
$70 application fee ($80 for paper-based application)
International applicants have additional requirements.
The application form itself, along with the application fee, should be submitted to the Graduate School office on the main Cornell campus in Ithaca, NY. All supplemental materials should be sent directly to the MPS Program office in New York City.
The addresses are:
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The Graduate School
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MPS Program
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More information about the application requirements is available on the Graduate School website. Keep in mind that requirements and deadlines vary among the many different programs at Cornell, so please follow the instructions outlined on this page. It is recommended that all applicants contact the MPS Program office (212-340-2808) after the application form has been submitted.
Application
http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/admissions/web_based.html
Name of field: Industrial and Labor Relations
Proposed degree program: MPS/NYC
The application form should be submitted to the Graduate School office on the
main Cornell campus in Ithaca, NY.
Statement of purpose
A detailed (1-2 page) statement is submitted with the interactive application
and should include your reasons for wanting to undertake graduate work. If appropriate,
you may want to include an explanation of your research interests and their relation
to your professional experiences and goals. A copy of the statement should be
sent to the MPS program office.
Official transcripts
Submit official, complete transcripts from each college or university previously
attended. The colleges or universities should mail transcripts to you, to be submitted
with your letters of recommendation. If that is against an institution’s policy,
the transcript can be mailed directly by the school to the MPS program office.
Letters of recommendation (including forms)
At least two letters of recommendation must be submitted, though more are acceptable.
It is strongly preferred that at least one recommendation come from a faculty
member acquainted with your academic work. If that work occurred some time ago,
recommendations from those familiar with your professional performance are acceptable.
Recommendation forms can be downloaded from the Graduate School website.
Ask each recommender to staple the recommendation letter to the downloadable form, seal them in an envelope, sign his or her name across the seal, and return it to you. You should mail your letters of recommendation, along with your transcript(s), to the MPS program office. If the recommender prefers, he or she can send the letter directly to the MPS program office. There is space on the recommendation form to indicate this address for your recommender.
Resume or CV
Please submit a current resume or CV with your application. This should be sent
to the MPS program office
Two Essays
1) In 3-4 pages, describe your career trajectory, both in terms of what has brought
you to your current position and what you hope to realize in the future. What
was it that first brought you into this field? Tell us about your work experience,
particularly about the workplace issues you have grappled with over the course
of your professional life. How have your experiences influenced your decision
to apply to the MPS program? What do you hope to gain from this course of study?
What kinds of insight and perspective do you think you would contribute to class
discussions, based on your work and life experiences?
2) Please write a 3-4 page essay on a substantive issue related to the workplace. You may draw on outside sources, or you may draw on your own insights and experiences.
GRE/GMAT score
For applicants with more than five years of relevant work experience, the GRE/GMAT
is encouraged but not required. The GRE/GMAT is required of applicants with less
than five years of relevant work experience. If you do not intend to submit test
scores with your application, please be sure your work history is clearly outlined
in your resume or CV. Please inform the MPS program office at the time of application
whether you will be submitting test scores.
Scores alone do not determine admissibility; the university and the graduate
admissions commitee make decisions based on a variety of criteria.
Scores must be received by the Graduate School before the application will be
considered, but you may submit a copy of the student score report to speed up
the process as long as the official score report has been ordered. If you are
able to produce a copy of your score, scores from a test taken more than five
years ago may be used.
Institution code for the GRE: 2098
Institution code for the GMAT: 2144
For more information on the GRE/GMAT, please refer to http://www.ets.org.
$70 application fee
A non-refundable application fee of $70 must be paid on-line when the interactive application
is submitted. Payment may be in the form of: 1) a Visa or MasterCard credit- card
authorization, or 2) an electronic check payment. The credit-card transaction
is completed instantaneously; electronic checks take 5-7 days to clear. Your application
will be processed once payment has been received. You should not send an additional payment
in any form (i.e., do not return a completed credit-card authorization form); indication
of credit-card number on the electronic form is sufficient. The application fee
for paper-based applications is $80.
If your name has changed, or if your records indicate that you use more than one name, include a statement showing all names used and identify, if possible, what names are used on what documents.
Reapplication
Application materials are kept on file for one year. Rather than submit a new
application, you should request in writing to have your application reactivated.
Another $70 application fee must accompany that request.
