Students seeking admission into the Master-of-Science degree Rehabilitation
Counselor Education Program must have a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of
3.0 (based on a 4.0 system) in their Bachelors degree and on all graduate work
already completed.
A maximum of 9 credit hours of graduate work from an accredited institution may
be transferred into the counseling program with the Program Coordinator's
approval.
Applicants for admission are also required to submit examination results from the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Scores should
be at least 143 Verbal, 138 Quantitative, 3.0 Analytic and be no older than five
(5) years of age. Students are also expected to provide official undergraduate
degree transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a written statement of
purpose for wishing to acquire a graduate education in rehabilitation counseling
at Mississippi State University. All application forms and additional information
may be obtained from the Office of Graduate
Studies.
Note:
All students accepted into the graduate counselor education program at
Mississippi State University are expected to possess a functional proficiency
with basic computer applications such as word-processing (i.e., Microsoft
WORD), email access (all students are issued an MSU email address), and
internet-based navigation (i.e., search engines). There are
student-accessible computers available at a variety of locations on-campus
(i.e., Mitchel Library, Allen Computer Lab, etc.) and introductory training on
a variety of computer-based applications is offered to students and faculty
free of charge by the Media Center in Mitchell Library.