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Admisson to the CSP Program - Application Process

Step 1: Apply to the CSP Program

To be considered for admission to the CSP program, applicants must be sent to Karen Crumley via e-mail or to the address below:

• Complete the CSP Program Application which includes a personal statement outlining your goals, showing your compatability with the CSP Program, and providing evidence of commitment to the profession.
• Submit a current resume in electronic form to Dr. Norma T. Mertz.
• Have recent (within five years) GRE Scores of at least 900 (combined) on the verbal and quantitative sections and 4 on the writing portion.
• Have an earned undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or higher; Graduate GPA of 3.3 or higher.
• Submit 3 Rating forms (references) which speak to your strengths and weaknesses as a student affairs/student services practitioner and as a student .

For further questions pertaining to the program, please contact the program director:

Dr. Norma T. Mertz
Coordinator, College Student Personnel Program
The University of Tennessee
315 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex
Knoxville, TN 37996-3430
(865) 974-6150

Or:

Karen Crumley
Administrative Specialist I
The University of Tennessee
317 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex
Knoxville, TN 37996-3430
(865) 974-2216

 

Students are admitted to the College Student Personnel (CSP) Program in early February for matriculation the following August.

Application materials for admission are due no later than January 1.

 

Step 2: Apply to the Graduate School

To be eligible for admission to the program, prospective students must submit the following information to The University of Tennessee Graduate School Admissions Office:

Office of Graduate and International Admissions
201 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-3251

 

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Updated 06/29/2009