College of Communications and Information Studies

University of Kentucky

Graduate Programs in Communication

APPLICATION ESSAY

To the Applicant

Complete all sections below. Send the completed Application Essay (along with a self-addressed, stamped postcard for informing you when this Application Essay has been received) to the UK College of Communications and Information Studies Graduate Program. 106 Grehan Building, Lexington, KY, 40506-0042.

Applicant Information

Name:

Last or Family Name/Surname First Middle Date of birth

Address:

E-mail address: Degree Sought: M.A. Ph.D.

Area of Concentration: Health Communication Interpersonal Communication Mass Communication

U.S. Social Security Number:

1. What topics, problems, or areas of communication do you plan to investigate in your graduate program?
2. Why did you select the Graduate Program in the College of Communications and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky as the program appropriate to your goals?
3. What in your educational or professional background has prepared you to enter the Communication
Graduate Program in the College of Communications and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky?
4. What are your immediate and ultimate career goals?
5. Which faculty do you believe offer the closest match to your interests and educational needs?
6. What factors contribute to your decision to enter graduate school now?
7. What demonstrates your suitability for graduate study in this program? Build an argument for your admission.
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I hereby certify that the answers contained in this document represent my original work and are true to the best of my knowledge.

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