Application

Application Process

• Fall Semester 2010: March 15, 2010
  
  The application for Fall 2010 is now open.  If you are currently enrolled in classes, please submit Fall 2009 final transcripts. *Applications will not be evaluated until after the March 15th deadline.

Application

Applications may only be submitted through our online application system. Click button to begin:

An application must contain all of the following in order to be considered complete:

• Completed application
• Current resume
• Non-refundable application fee of $70.00
• Application essays
• Official transcripts from each post-secondary school attended, sent directly to the LPS address at the bottom of this page
• Two letters of recommendation
• Score reports for standardized tests, if applicable

Application Essay

Please respond to each of the following questions in one essay. Responses should not exceed four pages.

1. Please discuss your academic background and explain what you hope to achieve in our post-baccalaureate program. Be as specific as you can about your plans upon completing the program and about your eventual career goals. If you wish to provide additional information on your academic record or experience, please do so.
2. Have you ever been placed on probation, dismissed or suspended from any college or university for reasons pertaining to academic integrity?  Yes/No

If yes, please include any facts that you believe bear on the significance of this circumstance.

3. Please list all Greek and Latin courses you have taken and the grades earned for each.

Letters of Recommendation

You must submit two letters of recommendation. Recommendation letters should come from persons with whom you have had a close professional or academic association, and who know of your desire to pursue classical studies at the advanced level. Recommendations may be submitted online or by mail. For online recommendations, please follow the instructions in the Recommendations section of the online application. For paper recommendations, please print a copy of the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Liberal and Professional Studies Official Recommendation Form and supply a copy to each recommender.

• Download Recommendation Form

Standardized Test Scores

Standardized test scores are not required. However, you may opt to submit standardized test scores such as the GRE.  If the medium of instruction for your undergraduate degree was not English, you must submit the TOEFL. Use ETS institutional code 2986 when requesting test scores.