Department of English

There are NO minimum GRE scores or undergraduate GPAs required by the Graduate Admissions Committee.

The following undergraduate GPA and GRE statistics are only averages, and only apply to applicants who were admitted to the MA Program. GPAs are calculated on a 4.0 scale; GRE scores are averages of the Verbal and Analytical portions (and, more recently, the ANWR portion) of the General Test.

Fall 2009
117 applicants
76 (65%) admitted
enrolled: 30
GPA: 3.64
GRE: V 626.87, Q 589.04, ANWR 4.85

Spring 2009
4 applicants
3 (75%) admitted
enrolled: 3
GPA: 3.27
GRE: V 586.7, Q 483.3, ANWR 5.33

Fall 2008
102 applicants
75 (73%) admitted
enrolled: 31
GPA: 3.68
GRE: V 658.2, Q 633.1, ANWR 5.0

Fall 2007
127 applicants
80 (63%) admitted
enrolled: 37
GPA: 3.63
GRE: V 649.9, Q 623.2, ANWR 5.2

Spring 2007
5 applicants
3 (60%) admitted
enrolled: 2
GPA: 3.37
GRE: V 604, Q 574, ANWR 4.8

Fall 2006
123 applicants
67 (54.5%) admitted
enrolled: 34
GPA: 3.54
GRE: V 598, Q 601.8, ANWR 5.1

Spring 2006
5 applicants
1 (20%) admitted
enrolled: 1
GPA: 3.30
GRE: V 622.5, Q 595, ANWR 4.9

Fall 2005
121 applicants
36 admitted
enrolled: 32
GPA: 3.6
GRE: V 636, Q 592, ANWR 5.09

Spring 2005
6 applicants
2 (33%) admitted
enrolled: 0
GPA: 3.27
GRE: V 570, Q 430, ANWR 4.50

Fall 2004
100 applicants
47 (47%) admitted
enrolled: 24
GPA: 3.65
GRE: V 655, Q 638, ANWR 5.38

Spring 2004
6 applicants
1 (16%) accepted
enrolled: 1
GPA: 3.91
GRE: V 570, Q 770, ANWR 6.00

Fall 2003
129 applicants
50 (38.8%) admitted
enrolled: 29
GPA: 3.53
GRE: V 612, Q 588, A 647, ANWR 5.2

Spring 2003
5 applicants
1 (20%) admitted
0 (0%) enrolled
GPA: 3.55
GRE: V 650, Q 620, A 625