If you are applying to a concurrent program with a department offering a one-year MS degree, you must apply and be accepted to that concurrent degree program during the initial admissions cycle in order to save a year of study and complete the degree in two years. If you are not admitted to one of the two degree programs in the initial admissions cycle, you can still apply to the other program during the Fall semester of your first year of enrollment in the master's program, however, you will be unable to complete the concurrent degree program in two years due to the course sequence and requirements, Personal History Statement, College Transcripts, Three Letters of Recommendation, GRE scores dated before August 2013 are no longer valid. Applicants to the MPP must have a minimum cumulative TOEFL or IELTS score of: 110 on the Internet-Based TOEFL Test (IBT) OR a 600 on the Paper-Based TOEFL Test (PBT), 7 overall band score on the IELTS. The minimum graduate admission requirements are: a bachelor's degree or recognized equivalent from an accredited institution, a satisfactory scholastic average, usually a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale, and enough undergraduate training to do graduate work in your chosen field