Have each institution where you earned an undergraduate or graduate degree send us your official transcript.

If your transcript is not in English, provide a notarized translation of it.

If you’re enrolled in a degree program when you apply, submit your transcript of the courses you’ve taken to date. Submit your final official transcript once you’ve completed the degree program.

If your degree is from outside of the United States, you will be required to submit a Foreign Academic Credentials Evaluation to demonstrate U.S. bachelor's degree equivalency. A bachelor's degree or U.S. equivalency to a bachelor's degree is required for all graduate programs.  

Evaluation Agencies

Contact one of these agencies to get your credentials evaluated:

• World Education Services 
• Center for Educational Documentation 
• Educational Credential Evaluators Inc. 
• Global Credential Evaluators 

You’ll need a document-by-document evaluation. Exception: Expressive Therapies master's degree programs require a course-by-course evaluation instead.

If you’re submitting a foreign academic credential evaluation, unofficial transcripts are acceptable for your transcript requirement if official transcripts were provided to the evaluation agency. Please note that graduate programs will only accept three-year bachelor’s degrees from member institutions within the Bologna Process. However, certain licensure-track graduate programs may still require a four-year bachelor’s degree, even from a member within the Bologna process, so please check with your admissions counselor before applying.

Include 3 recent recommendations from those you’ve worked with closely in an academic or professional setting.

• At least one of your recommendations should come from a present or former supervisor.
• If you’re in school, or are a recent graduate, one recommendation should come from a professor.
• We don’t accept recommendations written by friends or family, or that were written more 2 years before your application date.

Within your online application form, include the names and emails of the people writing your letters of recommendation. They'll receive an email from you with an electronic recommendation form, and they can upload a letter if they choose.

Your written personal statement gives us insight into your motivation, purpose in pursuing a degree program, writing skills, and communication style. It’s an important part of our review process.

Write a 750–1250 word personal statement.

Use narrative form and address the following questions.

1. Reflect on your personal and professional history. What has influenced your professional growth and has contributed to your decision to apply to this Lesley University program?

2. What are your long-term professional goals (new directions, opportunities, interests, skills, professional renewal, and work advancement), and how do you think this Lesley University program would help you to meet them?

3. Is there other information you think would help the admissions committee to understand you better? This could include:

• Special interests
• Publications
• Academic achievements
• Supervisors' reference
• Unusual career path
• Awards and honors
• Special accomplishments
• Leadership abilities

In addition to your written personal statement, your graduate program in expressive therapies requires a separate writing sample.

Your writing sample should be a previously written, research-based paper. It should show your ability to think critically, synthesize information, and write at an academic level. It can be on any topic and should be 3-5 pages long, double spaced. If you have written a longer paper, please submit an excerpt.

Show relevant work, volunteer, or academic experience on your résumé.