graduate admissions 283
different from the U.S. (three-year
degrees, for example) are asked to
submit a World Education Services
(WES) (www.wes.org) evaluation
to expedite their application
processing. WES evaluations do not
include translations. The documents
must be officially translated into
English before submitting to WES
or any other reputable education
evaluation service, e.g., your
embassy.
- Supporting Documents
The following documents should
be submitted electronically on the
online application site at http://www.
pratt.edu/apply. Please include the
following:
a. Two letters of recommendation
from employers, professors,
or others able to judge your
potential for graduate study
in the specific program.
Recommendation letters are
submitted online. See http://www.pratt.
edu/apply. (If your references
refuse to submit online, please
ask them to mail their references
to Pratt at Pratt Institute, Office
of Graduate Admissions, 200
Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY.)
Follow the procedures below.
Make sure you contact your
references and request a
recommendation letter from
them; let them know the process
is online.
b. Additional writing sample
(required by City and Regional
Planning, Urban Environmental
Systems Management, and
Theory, Criticism, and History
of Art, Design, and Architecture
only) may be uploaded at the
application site.
c. Résumé (required for Design
Management; optional for all
graduate programs) should be
uploaded at the application site.
d. Statement of purpose giving your
long-range goals and interest in
the chosen discipline and reason
for applying to the program: The
statement of purpose, which must
be 250–500 words, should be
uploaded to the application site.
- Department requirements,
including portfolio if required.
These are listed later in this section.
- TOEFL score or IELTS score for
international applicants whose
native language is not English.
Unless otherwise indicated
under each department, the
minimum required TOEFL score
is 550 (paper)/213 (computer)/79
(Internet) and the required IELTS
score is 6.5. Please make sure
that you register for a TOEFL
or IELTS test that will enable
you to submit your scores by the
application deadline. It generally
takes four to six weeks to receive
the scores. Check http://www.toefl.org for
information on testing sites.
Slideroom is the preferred method
of submitting portfolios. Letters of
recommendation that are mailed must
be sealed by reference, signed across the
flap of the envelope, and mailed to the
applicant or directly to Pratt.
Submit any print documents in one
envelope if possible and mail to:
Graduate Office of Admissions
Pratt Institute
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Tel: 718-636-3669 or 800-331-0834
Fax: 718-399-4242
If you plan to messenger your documents,
please do so before December 24 or after
January 2. Pratt closes for winter break
during that time.
We strongly suggest making
photocopies of all mailed forms for your
own records.
Please use your full name on the
application and on all documents and not
nicknames or middle names so that we are
able to match TOEFL scores, transcripts,
etc. with your application.
International Applicants
In addition to the requirements above, all
applicants must demonstrate proficiency
in the English language if their first
language is not English. They may do this
by satisfying the following two language
requirements:
Applicants must submit their Test of