Hartfrd Seminary s Online Applicatin Instructins Hartfrd Seminary is pleased t annunce that nline applicatin is nw pssible fr mst f ur prgrams as fllws: Dctr f Ministry: Use nline applicatin Master f Arts: Use nline applicatin Cperative Master f Divinity: Use nline applicatin Islamic Chaplaincy Prgram: Use nline applicatin Chaplaincy in Multifaith Cntexts Prgram: Use nline applicatin Certificate in Imam and Muslim Cmmunity Leadership: Use nline applicatin Graduate Certificate: Use nline applicatin Dctr f Philsphy: D nt use nline applicatin. Call t request paper applicatin at 860 509 9512 r dwnlad it at: http://www.hartsem.edu/sites/default/files/frms_center/phdapplicatin.pdf Black Ministries Prgram: D nt use nline applicatin. Call t request paper applicatin at 860 509 9512 Prgrama Ministeris Hispans: D nt use nline applicatin. Call t request paper applicatin at 860 509 9512 Wmen s Leadership Institute: D nt use nline applicatin. Call t request paper applicatin at 860 509 9512 Special Student r Auditr: D nt use nline applicatin. Call 860 509 9511 fr infrmatin. If yu are applying t ne f ur prgrams fr which yu may use the nline applicatin, please refer t the directins belw. When using ur nline applicatin, yu will receive a user name and passwrd, which will enable yu t save yur data and re enter yur applicatin at yur cnvenience until it is cmplete. T get started, either save this dcument t yur cmputer fr frequent reference, r print it ut, as yu will need it as yu prgress thrugh the nline prcess. Once this dcument is readily available, enter the nline applicatin by ging n the internet t ur hmepage at www.hartsem.edu. Once there, click n Admissins n the left hand side tl bar. Once the Admissins page pens up, yu will see the link called APPLY NOW!
Sectin by Sectin Instructins: Persnal Infrmatin Please fill ut all infrmatin n this page. If yu are nt a U.S. citizen, r d nt have a scial security number, yu may leave this field blank. Academic Prgram Please highlight the prgram and term fr which yu are applying. Please chse nly ne prgram frm the list n the drp dwn menu. The available prgrams fr applying thrugh this nline applicatin are as fllws: Graduate Certificate, Master f Arts, Cperative Master f Divinity, Islamic Chaplaincy Prgram, Chaplaincy in Multifaith Cntexts Prgram, Certificate in Imam and Muslim Cmmunity Leadership, and Dctr f Ministry. If yu are applying t a prgram that is nt mentined here, please email the Admissins Office at admissins@hartsem.edu r call 860 509 9512, t receive a paper applicatin. Please be aware that the nline applicatin is nt available fr all prgrams that appear n the drp dwn menu. Once yu have chsen yur prgram and term in which yu wish t start, click n "Save". This will enter yur prgram selectin and term yu are applying fr in the field tward the bttm f the screen. Then click Cntinue t mve n t the next tab. Click n the Help icn in the abve right hand crner f the nline applicatin fr additinal infrmatin. Educatinal Backgrund Institutin: Please list every institutin f higher educatin yu have attended. FIRST, "Search" an institute by clicking n the link. Infrmatin will autmatically be included if yur institutin's name is n ur list. If yur institutin is nt listed, write the name and address f the institute(s) yu attended in the spaces prvided. Degree: Chse the degree yu cmpleted frm the drp dwn menu. If the name f the degree yu cmpleted is nt listed, please leave this field blank and g directly t the "Cncentratin" field. Write in the Cncentratin field the name f the degree alng with yur cncentratin. Example: M.Th. in Hebrew Bible. Cncentratin: Type in the name f the cncentratin r majr yu undertk at the named institutin. Example: Religius Studies, Ecnmics, r Bilgy. Entry Date: Please enter the date yu began yur studies at this institutin. Example: 9/1/02.
Leaving Date: If yu did nt graduate frm this institutin, enter the date yu ceased attending. Example: 1/1/03. Graduatin Mnth: Enter the number fr the mnth in which yu graduated frm this institutin. Example: if yu graduated in June, yu will need t enter 6 ; if yu graduated in May, enter 5 ; etc. Graduatin Year: Enter the year in which yu graduated frm this institutin. Example: 2004. Graduated: Tick this bx nly if yu graduated frm this institutin. Click "Save" after cmpleting the fields fr each institutin. This will list each institutin tward the bttm f the screen. An imprtant nte n ur transcript plicy: Please be advised that we require fficial transcripts t be sent t us frm every institutin f higher educatin yu have attended. A transcript will typically include a cmprehensive list f curses as well as grades fr each class yu tk, and will prvide further infrmatin that is necessary fr us t have a cmplete picture f yur educatinal backgrund. Please be advised that, if transfer credits were received and cunted tward a prgram, we will need a separate and fficial transcript frm the institutin frm which the transfer credit was granted. Official transcripts are transcripts sent directly frm the institutin t Hartfrd Seminary s Admissins Office at 77 Sherman Street, Hartfrd, CT 06107. In certain cases, the institutin will send a transcript t the student in a sealed, signed envelpe, which may be frwarded t us. Emplyment Histry We wuld appreciate knwing mre abut yur prfessinal career r any wrk experience yu have had, if applicable. Please fill ut as much infrmatin in this tab as yu feel willing t share. As an alternative, yu may attach a resume r CV in the last tab entitled Additinal Questins. If filling ut this page, please enter all infrmatin fr ne psitin, then click n Save. This will enter the data tward the bttm f the screen, and refresh the fields s yu can enter infrmatin n anther psitin. Emplyer: Type in name f cmpany r rganizatin. Type Self if self emplyed. Supervisr: Yu may enter the name f a direct supervisr, if applicable. Psitin: Enter any title yu may have held. Example: Operatins Manager, Intern, Chaplain, Pastr. Emplyment Type: Fr example, full time, part time, vlunteer. Mem: Type any additinal infrmatin yu wuld like us t knw abut the particular psitin here. Started: Enter the date yu started this jb. Example: 6/1/2000. Stpped: Enter the date this jb ended, if applicable. Example: 6/1/2001.
References List here the names and addresses f thse individuals wh will be writing letters f recmmendatin n yur behalf. All letters f recmmendatin must be signed and mailed directly frm the recmmending persn t the Admissins Office, 77 Sherman Street, Hartfrd Seminary, Hartfrd, CT 06105. In certain cases, recmmendatin letters may be emailed directly frm the persn writing the letter t Admissins at admissins@hartsem.edu. The number f recmmendatin letters yur applicatin requires depends n yur prgram as fllws: Graduate Certificate (excluding Islamic Chaplaincy, Chaplaincy in Multifaith Cntexts r Certificate in Imam and Muslim Cmmunity Leadership) applicants: ne letter f recmmendatin The letter must be frm a prfessr r instructr wh can speak t yur academic ability fr graduate level study OR a prfessinal clleague wh can speak t yur capabilities and ptential fr graduate level wrk. Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy, Chaplaincy in Multifaith Cntexts r Certificate in Imam and Muslim Cmmunity Leadership applicants : tw letters f recmmendatin One letter must be frm a prfessr r instructr wh can speak t yur academic ability fr graduate level study OR a prfessinal clleague wh can speak t yur capabilities and ptential fr graduate level wrk. The secnd letter must be frm the leader f a Muslim religius r cmmunity rganizatin and address yur abilities and ptential t wrk cperatively in cmmunity activities, exercise religius leadership, and achieve a deeper understanding f yur faith, linguistically and intellectually. Master f Arts, Cperative Master f Divinity, Islamic Chaplaincy Prgram (MA + GC), Dctr f Ministry applicants: three letters f recmmendatin One letter must be frm a prfessr r instructr wh can speak t yur academic ability fr graduate level study OR a prfessinal clleague wh can speak t yur capabilities and ptential fr graduate level wrk. The secnd letter must be frm a minister/religius fficial r a cmmunity/civic assciate wh can speak t yur persnal qualities, values and cmmitments. The third letter may be frm a persn f yur chsing, hwever, it is recmmended that it be frm a prfessr r prfessinal clleague, if at all pssible. T dwnlad recmmendatin frms, please g here: http://www.hartsem.edu/nline applicatin
Additinal Infrmatin In this sectin, please paste yur Educatinal Objectives Statement OR Persnal Statement int the text bx. Be sure t have saved yur statement in a Wrd Dcument befre submitting it nline. We cannt be held respnsible fr missing r lst statements due t technical issues. Thse applying fr the Master f Arts, Cperative Master f Divinity, Islamic Chaplaincy Prgram, Islamic Chaplaincy Graduate Certificate, Chaplaincy in Multifaith Cntexts r Certificate in Imam and Muslim Cmmunity Leadership r Dctr f Ministry, are required t submit a Persnal Statement. Please prvide a persnal statement reflecting n: 1) yur gals in seeking thelgical educatin and the experiences that have led yu t d s; 2) the reasns yu have chsen Hartfrd Seminary, in particular, and yur educatinal/vcatinal gals; and 3) the life experiences that have mst significantly shaped yur values and wh yu are as a persn. Statements shuld be n less than three and n mre than fur duble spaced pages in length (apprximately 700 1000 wrds). If yu wuld like t read a sample persnal statement, yu may find ne thrugh ur website at this link: http://www.hartsem.edu/nline applicatin. Thse applying fr the Graduate Certificate are required t submit a three fur paragraph Educatinal Objectives Statement. Please prvide a statement f n mre than ne page indicating yur educatinal bjectives in pursuing the prgram yu have selected. Nte: Applicants t the Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy cmplete the Persnal Statement, nt the educatinal bjectives statement. Additinal Questins Please fllw the directins fr each separate sectin f this page. The first and last sectins are required fr all applicants, as marked by the asterix (**). Internatinal students must, in additin, prvide infrmatin n English Language Prficiency and Visa status. The last sectin prvides the pprtunity fr yu t attach up t five dcuments, as supprting materials fr yur applicatin. We ask that yu specifically prvide infrmatin n yur academic and/r cmmunity prjects and achievements. If these are listed n yur resume r CV, yu need nt cmpse an additinal dcument. We ask that yu please limit the number f dcuments yu include t five. INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS: English Language Prficiency: If yu d nt have English as a first language r as a primary language in previus academic studies, Hartfrd Seminary requires, prir t applicatin, that yu take the Test f English as a Freign Language (TOEFL). Hartfrd Seminary requires a minimum scre f 550 (written
versin), 213 (cmputer versin), r 80 (internet versin) n this test. Yu must submit fficial scres t Hartfrd Seminary's Admissins Office in rder fr yur applicatin t be prcessed. Yu may register fr the TOEFL thrugh cntacting yur lcal Educatinal Testing Service (ETS) ffice, r very easily thrugh their website at www.ets.rg. Please have yur scre sent directly t Hartfrd Seminary. Our schl cde is 8726. Please als read ur sectin n Internatinal Students n ur Hartfrd Seminary website at the fllwing link: http://www.hartsem.edu/internatinal students. Financial Guarantee: Yur applicatin must be supprted by an fficial letter f financial guarantee frm a schlarship agency r a private individual. The letter must shw that the rganizatin r individual is willing and able t finance yur educatin at an amunt cnsistent with the Estimated Internatinal Student Csts table lcated n ur website at the Internatinal Students link abve. If the letter f financial guarantee is frm an individual it must be supprted by a ntarized letter f credit frm a recgnized bank. Fr mre infrmatin n these requirements, please refer t ur Hartfrd Seminary catalgue r call ur Admissins Manager at 860 509 9552. Submit Applicatin (and Payment f Applicatin Fee) Submitting yur applicatin cnfirms the fllwing: 1) all infrmatin cntained in the applicatin is factually crrect and hnestly presented; 2) yu understand that all materials submitted fr the applicatin will remain cnfidential and becme part f yur permanent recrd at Hartfrd Seminary; and 3) the applicatin and supprting materials are nt returnable. Please nte that submissin is final. Once submitted, applicatins can n lnger be accessed r mdified. Please ensure that all infrmatin cntained therein is crrect befre submitting. Once yu click n the Submit buttn, yu will be ruted t a secure sight where yu may pay the $50 applicatin fee. Yu will be able t pay this fee by credit card r debit card. If yu d nt have a credit r debit card with which t make payment, please Admissins at 860 509 9512 admissins@hartsem.edu t make alternative arrangements. If yu lg ut befre yur applicatin is cmplete, yu will als be ruted t this page, which prvides further instructins. Yu d nt need t pay the applicatin fee until yur entire nline applicatin is cmplete. Thank yu fr applying t Hartfrd Seminary! We lk frward t reading yur applicatin. If yu have any cmments r suggestins fr ur nline applicatin, please frward them t Admissins at admissins@hartsem.edu.