Admission to graduate study at The College of New Jersey is selective and competitive. Admission decisions are generally based on evidence of achievement in appropriate undergraduate studies, performance on nationally standardized tests, strength of recommendations, and other materials submitted with the application.
For an application to be considered complete, the MA application and all supplemental documents must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Enrollment by the appropriate deadline. The application for Five-Year (4+1) MA, for current TCNJ undergraduate students only, is submitted directly to the English Department.
Five-Year (4+1) MA Application
Application Requirements for the English, MA
A completed application includes:
- Essay
- Official transcripts
- Application fee: $70. (Note: This fee is waived for students who formerly enrolled at The College)
- 2 letters of recommendation (for matriculation applications only)
- GRE scores are not required.
You may also send an optional writing sample. If you choose to do so, please send it to:
Dr. Jo Carney
Department of English, TCNJ
P.O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
Application Requirements for the Five-Year (4+1) English, MA/BA
A completed application includes:
- 300-500 word personal essay
- 2 letters of recommendation from TCNJ faculty members (one must be from the English department) who can evaluate the candidate’s research and writing skills
- Unofficial transcripts from TCNJ
- A writing sample (a piece of analytical writing from a 300-or 400-level course at TCNJ–submitted without any grade or comments on it).
Students applying for this program do not need to take the GRE, and you do not have to pay an application fee.
Transfer Credit
Any courses for transfer credit must be approved by the Coordinator of the English Graduate Program, Dr. Jo Carney, carney@tcnj.edu.
A student in our program may take up to two courses from other graduate programs.