How to Apply

All applications are processed by the Graduate School Admission Office and must be filled out online. Admission is made on a rolling basis.

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Application Deadlines

Required Documents

Personal Statement (no longer than 4 pages)

In your personal statement please address the following questions:

• Explain why you are interested in our program and how you see it fitting in with your long term professional ambitions.
• Try, if possible, to comment in your statement on what one or more of the terms “compassionate care,” “medical humanities,” and “bioethics” mean to you.
• How do these areas of study mesh with where you see your career plans developing at this point in your life?

3 letters of recommendation

• Ideally at least two of your letters should be from professors/instructors whom you have worked with.
• If you have earned a degree in the past 5 years then two of these recommendations must come from professors at the degree granting program.
• Current RSOM MD students applying for the MD/MA program can ask to have the letters of recommendation that were submitted with their MD application reviewed for their MA application.

Official Transcripts

An official transcript is required for any college coursework completed at academic institutions outside of Stony Brook. Applicants who have completed coursework at Stony Brook University do not need to send their official Stony Brook transcripts, as these can be retrieved internally.

Official paper transcripts can be sent to:
Stony Brook University
Graduate School Office of Admissions and Student Services
Old Computer Science, Suite 2401
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4433

Official electronic transcripts (or “eTranscripts”) can be sent to the Graduate School Office of Admissions and Student Services at gradadmissions@stonybrook.edu

Additional Documents that may be required

• Official English Proficiency Scores (If applicable). For more comprehensive information on the language proficiency requirements for admissions, please refer to the Graduate Catalog.
• Applications with international credentials (Non-US Institutions) can find detailed information regarding official transcripts requirements at Stony Brook University Graduate Admissions.

Application Checklist

For more detailed information regarding the Graduate School Application, please visit the Graduate School Admission website.

Stony Brook University Graduate Admissions