Admissions Criteria

Completed Application Form 
• 4-year Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university 
• At least five years of relevant professional experience 
•  GMAT: Minimum score of 570 on the Graduate Management Admissions Test.  MBA program code is #2188 for ETS reporting purposes. (GMAT scores may be waived for applicants holding a terminal degree such as M.D. or Ph.D.)  NOTE: The GRE is also accepted in lieu of the GMAT on a case-by-case basis.
•  Official transcripts sent directly from all universities or colleges and other post-secondary educational institutions (including trade schools) attended. If you have official transcripts sent to you, they must be sent to Drexel University Online in sealed, unopened envelopes issued to you by the university, college or post-secondary institution. You must supply transcripts regardless of the number of credits earned or the type of school you attended.  If you do not list all post-secondary institutions on your application and these are listed on transcripts received from other institutions, processing of your application will be delayed until you have submitted the remaining transcripts. Use our Transcript Lookup Tool to assist you in contacting your previous institutions.  If a college or university that you attended offers the option to send transcripts in a secure, password-protected electronic format, you may have the transcript sent  to customerservice@drexel.com. 
• Two letters of recommendation from individuals qualified to comment on your ability to succeed in the MBA program.  Drexel University Online now accepts electronic letters of recommendation.  Please access the following webpage for instructions regarding their submission: http://www.drexel.edu/apply/recommend.  If a recommender prefers to submit an original, hard copy letter of recommendation, please remind the recommender that it must be signed and submitted in a sealed envelope signed across the flap by the recommender.
• Self-Assessment Essay regarding the following topics:

• Resume 
• Students whose native language is not English and who do not hold a bachelor’s degree from a U.S. institution are required to take and submit a score from ToEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language - minimum of 100 for the iBT (600 for the paper exam). Students who earned a bachelor's degree from a U.S. institution or have worked full-time in an English-speaking country for more than two years may have this requirement waived.

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