Step 4: Supplemental Items

Log back into the Admissions Portal to submit the following:

• Statement of Interest (double spaced, no more than 12 pages) addressing the following:
  1. Describe your educational history and how it relates to this doctoral degree.
  2. Describe your employment history and how it shaped your decision to pursue this doctoral degree. Include your experience in the field of disability and/or rehabilitation through internships, work, volunteer or community activities.
  3. Describe your primary interest areas within the field of rehabilitation including:
     1. Your research interests
     2. The cognate you propose to pursue as a specialization area for your plan of study.
  4. What are your short-term and long-term career goals? What do you hope to be doing when you earn your degree? Please include your interests in conducting scholarly research, teaching, administering programs or working in the field.
• Current Resume/Vita

Additional Information

• You should hold a master's degree from an accredited college or university in Rehabilitation Counseling or an allied discipline. The appropriateness of the degree will be determined by the graduate faculty of the school.
• You should have two years of work experience (or equivalent, as determined by the school's graduate faculty) in the field of rehabilitation or an allied discipline.
• Participate in a personal interview, upon request.