How to Apply

Graduate Program Director

Silvia Spitta will be the MA Graduate Advisor for 2021/2022. Please contact Antonio Gomez for questions after April 2021.

Deadline

The deadline for the application is January 15.

Please apply online at this link: Slate link to be posted soon

 

Admissions Requirements

  • A strong undergraduate record in a major in any humanities field
  • Fluent reading, writing, and speaking knowledge of one foreign language 
  • Minimum of beginning training in a second foreign language
  • Essay outlining why you want to do graduate work in this field and your plans for your time at Dartmouth
  • A writing sample (a scholarly essay or excerpt of an essay of about 10 - 15 typed double spaced pages)
  • Official transcript(s) of all college or graduate-level credits
  • Complete application (including three letters of recommendation and a language proficiency form for each foreign language you know)
  • Submission of TOEFL score if English is not the language of your undergraduate education

Financial Support

The Program awards a limited number of fellowships, which include a full tuition waiver and a stipend to cover the living expenses for nine and a half months. Fellowships will be offered automatically upon admission (unless the admitted student secures external funding, such as a Fulbright fellowship or similar). No additional application is required. As part of their fellowship, students work for one term as a teaching assistant (TA) in one of the lecture courses. Typically, the TA works for ten hours a week and is in charge of a discussion section, a share of grading, and some office hours, although this may vary. As many of our graduate students as possible are usually placed with the introductory course COLT 01: Read the World in the fall term. Otherwise, placement is facilitated by the Director of Graduate Studies and may be available in humanities departments or in other relevant units.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dartmouth College's Institutional code?

For the application process the code number is: 3351

Do I need to take the TOEFL?

If English is not the language of your undergraduate education, you must submit TOEFL scores. 

How to I prove my language proficiency?

We ask that you fill out a short lanuage self-assessment as a part of the application. No additonal attestation is required. 

Why is my application showing as "incomplete" or "not received"?
If you have uploaded copies of your transcripts, entered all required test scores and your letters of recommendation have been submitted, your application is complete. Your language proficiency form will be uploaded internally at Dartmouth.  

Can my writing sample be in a language other than English? The MA essay must be submitted in the English language.  Should you be very eager to submit something in a language other than English, please write to the current graduate director and ask him/her if that is okay.

I did not upload my transcript. What do I do?
If you have a pdf of your transcript, please email it to Guarini.Graduate.School@Dartmouth.edu and it will be uploaded to your application as "received-unofficial". If you had an official transcript sent directly to the Guarini School, we will upload it to your application as soon as possible.

What address should official transcripts be sent to?
(Remember, there is no need to send official transcripts unless you are offered admission)

Documents should be sent to:

Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies 
Dartmouth College
Anonymous Hall 
64 College Street, Suite 6062, Room 102
Hanover, NH 03755

Guarini Email: 
Guarini.Graduate.School@Dartmouth.edu

I need to update my personal essay or my CV. How can I do that?
If the submission deadline for the program you are applying to has not passed, please email a pdf of your updated document to Graduate.and.Advanced.Studies@dartmouth.edu and it will be uploaded to replace the previous version.

How many essays do I need to submit?

Two documents, one proposal of study and one writing sample. 

  1. Outline why you want to do graduate work in this field and what are your plans for your time at Dartmouth. IE) What courses do you plan to take? Which professors are you planning to work with? On what topic do you plan to write your MA Essay?
  2. A writing sample (a scholarly essay or excerpt of an essay of about 10 - 15 typed double spaced pages)

Do I have to wait for all three of my letters of recommendations to be uploaded before I can submit my application?
No, please submit your application by the program deadline. Your recommenders can still upload letters after you have submitted.

The person who has agreed to write a letter of recommendation for me has not received the email with the link to upload the letter to my application or they are having difficulty uploading the letter. Is there another way for my recommender to submit a letter?
If the problem is with the email, first make sure they have checked their junk/spam folder. If the problem is with the upload, first ask if they have tried a different web browser. SLATE works best with Internet Explorer on a PC and Safari on a MAC. If neither of these solutions work, have your recommender email the letter of recommendation directly to this email address.         

Further Information

If you need further information contact:

comparative.literature@dartmouth.edu
 

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