Admissions
Applications
for admission are processed by the Office of Graduate Admissions
at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. However, all application
materials, including the official transcripts of academic records,
must be initially sent to the Program Administrator, Diana Neff.
The address for application materials is:
John
Jay College
Army Education Center
683 Buckner Loop
West Point, NY, 10996
dneff@jjay.cuny.edu
Admission
to the online program is competitive, and assessment is based
on the student’s academic and professional record of achievement.
A threshold requirement is that a student must have attained a
3.0 grade point average or better in an undergraduate academic
degree.
Application
Deadlines: For Spring 2010 in this program, applications will
be accepted in stages:
- Applications
submitted by October 1 will be processed by the end of October.
- Applications
submitted by November 1 will be processed by the end of November.
- Applications
submitted by December 1 will be processed by the end of December.
- If
any space remains available in the program, applications submitted
by January 1 will be processed by January 15.
Applications
may download an official application form here: John
Jay College Graduate Program Application.
With your
completed application, the following items must be submitted:
- A non-refundable
application fee of $125 (U.S.), check or money order, made payable
to John Jay College.
- Official
transcripts of all graduate and undergraduate work. Transcripts
should be sealed by the submitting academic institution and
submitted with your application. However, colleges may prefer
to issue an official transcript directly to John Jay College
the institution. In that event, all transcripts must be mailed
to John Jay College: Attention Diana Neff, Army Education Center,
683 Buckner Loop, West Point, NY, 10996.
- Three academic
references or letters of recommendation. If you graduated more
than two years ago, professional references are acceptable.
- An essay
of approximately 250-300 words indicating the reasons for pursuing
graduate study with reference to career objectives.
Students already
accepted to the John Jay College MPA Program on campus may apply
for transfer to the online program by submitted a 250-300 word
essay to Diana Neff explaining why the program transfer is desired.
There is no application fee involved. However, students will not
be allowed to transfer more than four campus-based courses toward
the online program. Transfer applications will be considered on
the same basis as all other applications to the online program.
Admissions is competitive and the transfer may not be approved.
Following
a favorable admissions decision, the student will be expected
to take the following additional steps:
- New York
State resident students will be expected to complete the Immunization
Form that documents that the applicant has received the
immunizations as explained on the form. Out-of-state students
will not be required to complete this form unless they seek
to register in a campus-based course.
- If the
student did not take a statistics course as an undergraduate,
the student is required to do so before the second semester
in within your first year in the Program. Statistics may be
completed at any college you choose, but it is the student's
responsibility to have the official transcript showing completion
of the course officially sent to the Office of Graduate Admissions,
with a copy to Diana Neff at the West Point address. It is suggested
that students complete this requirement at a local college during
the summer before the first semester of matriculation. If the
student has completed one or more undergraduate courses that
cover the topics of a standard statistics course, but in a different
academic discipline or course name, the student should contact
the Program Administrator for advice about applying for a transfer
courses substitution which would satisfy this requirement.
Questions
about the program, or about admission requirements and related
matters, should be directed to Diana Neff, Program Administrator,
at:
dneff@jjay.cuny.edu
