ADMISSION:
Students
seeking admission to the counselor education programs at the master’s level
must have an overall grade-point average of 2.75 (based on a 4.0 system)
cumulative on their bachelor’s degree, and at least a 3.0 on all graduate work
already completed.
A maximum of
15 credit hours of graduate work can be transferred into the counselor
education program with the advisor’s approval.
In
addition, students applying for admission are required to submit
examination results from the
Graduate Record Examination and are expected
to provide official undergraduate degree transcripts, three letters of
recommendation, and a written statement of purpose for wishing to acquire
a graduate education in rehabilitation counseling at Mississippi State
University. Further information may be obtained from the Office
of Graduate Studies (http://www.grad.msstate.edu/).
ALL applications are online and available on the first page of the
Graduate Studies website. (See the "APPLY ONLINE NOW" button.)
Note:
All students accepted into the graduate counselor education program at
Mississippi State University are expected to possess a functional proficiency
with basic computer applications such as word-processing (i.e., Microsoft
WORD), email access (all students are issued an MSU email address), and
internet-based navigation (i.e., search engines). There are
student-accessible computers available at a variety of locations on-campus
(i.e., Mitchel Library, Allen Computer Lab, etc.) and introductory training on
a variety of computer-based applications is offered to students and faculty
free of charge by the Media Center in Mitchell Library.