How do I apply to the UNT Au.D. program?

Admission to the Au.D. program is one time per year in the Fall. All application materials must be received on or before the application deadline date to be considered. Incomplete application portfolios are not reviewed by the admissions committee. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all elements of the application have been received by UNT. Applicants can check their application status and a checklist of departmental application components via the MyUNT Portal. Detailed information for the upcoming/current admissions cycle can be found below.#Frequently Asked Questions

Step 1: Submit your application form (ApplyTexas)
Complete the UNT Graduate Application via the Toulouse Graduate School via ApplyTexas. Designate Audiology as your intended major field.

Step 2: Submit your Graduate Record Examination (General Test) scores
All applicants are required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) — Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical Writing subtests — and to report all their GRE scores to UNT--Denton (ETS Code 6481).

We recommend you begin taking the GRE during the summer before you intend to apply. This will provide you with ample time to retake the exam if you choose to do so, however, we do take your highest score into account. If you take the GRE multiple times, we will take your scores from when your combined subject scores were the highest. We consider any scores above the 50th percentile to be competitive. Percentile ranks and their corresponding numeric scores can be located on the ETS website: www.ets.org.

• Applicants who took the GRE within five years of the time of their application do not need to re-take the GRE for application to UNT.  Because ETS maintains score reports up to five years after the time of testing, the applicant should contact ETS to request that score reports be sent to UNT. 
• Applicants who took the GRE over five years before the time of their application will be unable to request that ETS submit their scores to UNT.  Applicants who took the GRE more than five years ago and who have the original hard copy ETS score reports in their possession may submit these scores for consideration by taking the original hard copy ETS score report, in person, to the Toulouse Graduate School.  Those applicants who took the GRE more than five years ago but who do not have the original hard copy ETS score report in their possession will be required to re-take the GRE and to submit the new GRE scores to Toulouse Graduate School as part of their application. 

Step 3: Submit official transcripts

Please arrange for all official transcripts from all universities attended (both undergraduate and graduate transcripts, including community college transcripts) to be sent directly to:

Toulouse Graduate School
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle # 305459
Denton, TX 76203-5017

Please do not send transcripts directly to the Department. They must be received by the Graduate School for proper processing.

All application materials must be received on or before the application deadline date to be considered. Incomplete application portfolios are not reviewed by the admissions committee. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all elements of the application have been received by UNT. Applicants should check their application status and a checklist of Departmental application components via the MyUNT Portal. More information about submitting transcripts and GRE scores can be found on the Toulouse Graduate School's website here. Additional questions about this process should be directed to the Toulouse Graduate School at (940) 565-2383 or GraduateSchool@unt.edu. 

Application Part 2 (departmental application components)

Application Part 2 submission is open for submissions now and must be completed by January 15, 2020, for the Fall 2020 admissions cycle. You must wait until you have completed your application through ApplyTexas and have received a UNT ID number to submit the departmental components. Our department requires the submission of three letters of recommendation and a personal statement. Please see below for links to these forms and submission instructions. 

Departmental Component #1: Letters of Recommendation

Three letters of recommendation are required for all applicants. It preferred that these recommendations be written and sent by individuals who are familiar with your academic background and who can attest to your aptitude for challenging graduate-level academic work, or by audiologists who have supervised you in a clinical environment. The number of recommendations from individuals outside of academia (e.g. employers, community leaders) should be kept to a minimum, and they may be weighted differently based on their relevance to academic-specific information.

How to Submit Your Recommendations

1)    Download this form for recommendations. 

2)    Each recommendation file should be saved as the standardized file name YourLastName_ YourUNTID#_YourRecommendersLastName (e.g. Smith_12345678_DrJones). 

3)    Please note the following information about this Adobe form: 

• Do not enable the Adobe “edit” or “fill & sign” tools – simply click on each blank and fill in your text. If you select the any of the editing tools, you will be modifying the form (instead of completing it). 
• Please note that you will need the most current version of Adobe Reader (version XI or higher, including DC) to complete the form. You can download Adobe Reader for free here. 
• If you are a Mac user, it is recommended that you not use the Mac desktop Adobe application to complete this form (as the Mac version of the application often introduces glitches into Adobe forms). If you are very careful not to click outside the response boxes, you may be able to use the Mac/Adobe application, but it is ideal to use a PC with the desktop Adobe application. Please note that if you use the “workaround” using the Adobe extension on the Chrome browser (described for other forms and for recommenders) that you will “freeze” the form response boxes when you print/save and your recommender will not be able to fill in their responses to complete the form. 

4)    Fill in your information in the Applicant Information section. 

5)    For each recommender, fill in as much of the recommender’s information as you can in the Evaluator Information section. Save the file to your computer as YourLastName_YourUNTIDnumber_YourRecommendersLastName (e.g. Smith_12347678_DrJones). 

6)    Provide the partially completed form to your recommender to complete and submit (by emailing their completed evaluation & recommendation to aslp@unt.edu). If your recommender is a Mac user, you should also provide them the information below. 

If you are a Mac user, it is recommended that you not use the Mac desktop Adobe application to complete this evaluation form (as the Mac version of the application often introduces glitches into Adobe forms). It is ideal to use a PC with the desktop Adobe application, but if you cannot, there is a “workaround” using the Adobe extension on the Chrome browser instead. Follow the directions below for this: 

1. If you do not have the Chrome browser for Mac, download it for free here. Nothing additional is needed; the Adobe extension is built-in to Chrome. 
2. Once you have the Chrome browser open, go to the download link for the form and open the form in your Chrome browser. You will need to re-fill in any information the applicant had already pre-filled. 
3. Once you have completed the form, click the print button (on the top right toolbar, it looks like a small printer) and select “Save as pdf” for the destination printer. Save the completed form and email it to aslp@unt.edu.  
    

Your recommender will receive an email confirming receipt of their recommendation the next business day after it is received. Applicants can check the status of their received/pending letters of recommendation on their MyUNT portal; your portal will typically be updated within 3 to 5 business days of receiving your recommendation. 

Departmental Component #2: Personal Statement

A personal statement describing your professional goals and your preparation for graduate study in audiology are required for all applicants. The length of the statement should be limited to one page single-spaced.

How to Submit Your Personal Statement

1)    Download this form and save it to your computer, with the standardized file name YourLastName_PersonalStatement_YourUNTID# (e.g. Smith_PersonalStatement_12347678). 

2)    Please note the following information about this Adobe form: 

• Do not enable the Adobe “edit” or “fill & sign” tools – simply click on each blank and fill in your text. If you select the any of the editing tools, you will be modifying the form (instead of completing it). 
• Please note that you will need the most current version of Adobe Reader (version XI or higher, including DC) to complete the form. You can download Adobe Reader for free here. 
• If you are a Mac user, it is recommended that you not use the Mac desktop Adobe application to complete this form (as the Mac version of the application often introduces glitches into Adobe forms). It is ideal to use a PC with the desktop Adobe application, but if you cannot, there is a “workaround” using the Adobe extension on the Chrome browser instead. Follow the directions below for this: 
  1. If you do not have the Chrome browser for Mac, download it for free here. Nothing additional is needed; the Adobe extension is built-in to Chrome. 
  2. Once you have the Chrome browser open, go to the download link for the form and open the form in your Chrome browser.  
  3. Once you have completed the form, click the print button (on the top right toolbar, it looks like a small printer) and select “Save as pdf” for the destination printer. Save the completed form and send it on as noted below.  

3)    Fill in your information in the Applicant Information section and insert your personal statement into the box provided. 

4)    After completing all parts of this form, go to https://aslp.hps.unt.edu/personal-statement-upload to upload the form.

Applicants can check the status of their received/pending personal statements on their MyUNT portal; your portal will typically be updated within 3 to 5 business days of receiving your form.