Graduate Application Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Most admitted students choose to visit for two weekdays and part of a weekend in early March.ÌýWe arrange opportunities to talk with faculty in research areas of your interest and give a taste of life in 91PORN.

Even though formal APS department-planned events are scheduled for two weekdays, we encourage prospective students to plan to stay at least one additional day because the current graduate students plan extra activities and events such as hiking, skiing, and exploring downtown 91PORN (e.g., fly in on Saturday to stay Sunday-Wednesday or fly out Sunday for your visit Thursday-Saturday).

No. We receive a high volume of requests to meet with our department pre-admissions. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate individual requests to meet with the APS staff or faculty before admissions. Students who are admitted to the program are invited to a prospective visit at which time they will visit the campus and meet with our department.Ìý

While there are no absolute guarantees, this is the situation as it has existed in the past.

  1. All admitted students, whether domestic or international, receive a full tuition waiver and are guaranteed support as a Teaching Assistant or Research Assistant for the first year. Each student is still responsible for student fees. (The fee schedule may be found on the CU Bursar’s website.)
  2. All students making satisfactory progress are currently supported through a Teaching Assistantship or Research Assistantship and this is expected to continue.
  3. The university will contribute most of the cost of the Gold Comprehensive Insurance Plan.ÌýAdditional information is available by calling the Wardenburg Student Health Insurance Office at 303-492-5107 or accessing the Golden Buffalo Student Health Insurance website atÌý.
  4. All of this is automatically given to you as part of your admission package.

The GREs areÌýoptional.ÌýYou should consider taking the GRE and reporting a score to us if you think there is some attribute in your academic performance that the GRE would help offset.Ìý As an example, if you felt your GPA was quite low but you got a good score on the GREs, you might use those to argue that your academic preparedness was stronger than reflected by your GPA. Not having a GRE score will in no way whatsoever negatively affect an application.Ìý

There is no need to reach out to professors before applying.ÌýThe majority of the students we admit haven't made contact with faculty in any other way besides the application.ÌýHowever, applicants shouldÌýmake sure their research interests line up with what APS faculty are doing.Ìý

The Graduate School offersÌýapplication fee waivers for participants in the following programs: AmeriCorps (currently serving), Black in AI (BAI), Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative, GatesÌýMillennium Scholars, Leadership Alliance,ÌýLife Sciences SummerÌýUndergraduate Research ProgramÌý(LSSURP),ÌýLouis-Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), Math Alliance Scholars, McNair Scholars Program, Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program,ÌýMinority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Scholar Program, Peace Corps (currently serving), Pos