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three parts. The first is residence data, which will be used by the university's residence auditor to determine if an applicant is a Georgia resident for fee-payment purposes. It must be completed by all applicants (See the "Regents' Requirements for Georgia Resident Status" heading in the "Financial Information" section earlier in this catalog.)

The second part is information about previous education. This provides a list of the colleges and universities previously attended for the permanent file maintained by the Office of the Registrar.

The third part is international admissions data. This category includes applicants from abroad, applicants in this country who are not U.S. citizens, and any applicant whose native language is not English. It will let the university know which applicants will need a student visa, which ones will need to submit scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), and which ones will need to take the Georgia State Test of English Proficiency (GSTEP) upon arrival on campus (See the "International Students" heading in this chapter.)


Application Fee
An application fee of $25 must be submitted by applicants who have never applied to a graduate program in the Robinson College of Business and paid an application fee in the past. Checks or money orders should be made payable to Georgia State University in U.S. currency; do not send cash. The application fee is nonrefundable and does not apply toward registration fees.


Transcripts
Two official copies of the transcript of all previous college work are required from each institution previously attended. Each set of transcripts must be in an envelope from the institution closed with the institution's official seal and must be submitted unopened by the applicant with the rest of the application packet. If an institution's policies do not permit it to send official transcripts to applicants for use with self-managed applications, the transcripts may be sent directly to the OAA/MA using the address given previously under the heading "Self-Managed Applications." In this instance, applicants should indicate on the application that the transcripts will be sent separately by the appropriate deadline.

Transcripts are required from each institution regardless of the length of time the applicant attended the institution or the applicant's status while at the institution or whether the grades are listed on another institution's transcript. EXCEPTION: Applicants who have attended Georgia State University must list their dates of attendance on their applications, but they do not have to request their GSU transcript. The OAA/MA will obtain a record of the GSU coursework.

One copy of each of the transcripts will be given by the OAA/MA to the registrar of the university for the student's permanent file. A person who has attended Georgia State University as a degree-seeking student may submit only one copy of the transcripts from each institution attended prior to entering GSU; two copies are required from all institutions attended after having last attended GSU.

An applicant who may have been granted provisional admission pending completion of the undergraduate degree must file two official copies of a supplementary transcript showing the awarding of the degree as soon as it is available but at the latest by the end of the first semester of enrollment.


Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)
All applicants for admission to all master's degree programs, to the certificate programs and to nondegree status are required to take the Graduate Management Admission Test of the Educational Testing Service. There are no substitutions for this test.

The GMAT is administered worldwide. In North America and most other parts of the world, it is administered only as a computer-adaptive test (CAT). Prospective applicants who are located in a country that does not currently offer the GMAT CAT and who cannot travel to another country to take the test should contact Customer Service at the Educational Testing Service. See below for ways to contact ETS.

The GMAT Information Bulletin and the MBA Explorer Web site contain detailed information about the options for registering to take the test and having scores sent to desired schools. The Web site also contains the most up-to-date listing of test centers. Copies of the bulletin may be obtained by contacting the Educational Testing Service in one of these ways:

Graduate Management Admission Test
Educational Testing Service
P.O. Box 6103
Princeton, New Jersey 08541-6103.

Phone: 1-609-771-7330
Fax: 1-609-883-4349
E-mail: gmat@ets.org
Web site: http://www.gmac.org

GMAT scores may not be more than five years old at the desired semester of entry. Applicants whose scores do not meet this age limit must retake the GMAT and have the current scores sent to the Office of Academic Assistance and Master's Admissions.

The test is designed to measure aptitude for graduate study in business and is not a measure of knowledge in specific business subjects. Satisfactory scores on this test will be considered as one item along with all other information available in determining qualifications for admission to a master's program.

Those taking this test must request that their scores be reported to the Robinson College of Business (M.B.A.) of Georgia State University. Those who have previously taken this test must request the Educational Testing Service to report their scores to the college. The college's code number for master's-level programs is 5251. The "candidate's copy" of the score report is not acceptable. No evaluation of the unofficial scores given to the test taker at the conclusion of the GMAT CAT will be made.

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