An earned baccalaureate degree from a Mason-recognized accredited institution of higher education, or international equivalent, verified from copies of unofficial transcripts uploaded to the online application portal.
Copies of unofficial university transcripts from any earned degree uploaded to the online application portal from all universities attended.
All transcripts from colleges or universities outside the United States must be translated into English, if applicable, and submitted for evaluation to the Mason Office of Admissions. Mason will provide evaluation service free of charge for all international transcripts, however, some programs may request an outside evaluation be completed.
A minimum 3.00 GPA on a 4.00 scale in baccalaureate study
The goals statement should be 750-1000 words and address professional and academic plans. A well-structured goals statement should also explain the applicant's interest in the program, relate the program to the applicant's career and academic plans, discuss research interests, and highlight information that may be useful to the admissions committee.
Portfolio of original work. Portfolio requirements vary according to genre. Read the information below carefully.
Fiction portfolios should consist of at least two complete short stories, or novel/novella excerpts numbering no more than 50 pages in length. Please include more than one work in order to represent the breadth of your abilities. Work should be single-sided and double-spaced. An author's note to explain excerpts or chapter selections from novels/novellas is appreciated by the admissions committee.
Nonfiction portfolios should consist of at least two complete essays or the equivalent totaling no more than 50 pages. A nonfiction portfolio may contain longer essays, biographies or autobiographies, but applicants should submit more than one work. Nonfiction portfolios should be single-sided and double-spaced.
Poetry portfolios should include up to 10 pages of poems and a table of contents. Applicants in poetry are welcome to submit long poems or shorter poems up to the requested 10 pages. Poetry portfolios should be single-sided and include no more than one poem per page with adequate margins and a readable font. The applicant's name should appear on every page and pages should be numbered and referenced in the table of contents.
Writing Sample. 1000-word nonfiction writing sample, preferably literary analysis. The writing sample is optional, however is required of applicants who wish to be considered for a graduate teaching assistantship. Further details about applying for a GTA are embedded within the application itself.

Portfolio
2 Recommendation Letters
Resume
Goals Statement

IELTS - 7.0 total band score, with a minimum of 6.5 in each subsection
TOEFL iBT - 88 points, minimum 20 in each section
TA Materials.
Upload a 1000-word nonfiction writing sample, preferably a literary analysis. Ideally, you should select an essay that demonstrates your facility with undergraduate-level discourse about literature or a closely related field (e.g. film). We are looking for a clear and contestable thesis statement, a close engagement with the text you're interpreting and with the intricacies of language, an ability to incorporate scholarly sources into your argument, if possible, and a clear sense of audience and purpose. Feel free to select a portion of an essay for submission, taking care that you provide as continuous an argument as possible and that you frame the selection so that we can see how it ts into a longer argument.
Upload a one to two page personal narrative that explains why you would like this appointment and how your experience qualifies you for it.