MSA Application Process

Admission Criteria and Standards

These application criteria and admission standards apply to all MSA applicants.

Application Process

Prepare and submit the following:

• An application for admission
• A current detailed resume. Please include start and end dates (month and year) for each position held, and indicate full or part time. Brevity is not necessary.
• Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate coursework. Forms are here.
  • Transcripts should be sent directly to:
    

  Graduate Admission and Degree Services
  Math/Geosciences Bldg, Room 141
  Boise State University
  1910 University Drive
  Boise, ID 83725-1110

• Official GMAT test scores. For information contact http://www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT or 1-800-GMAT NOW. School code is 4018.
   
• A brief essay addressing one of the following questions. (Two double-spaced pages maximum.)
  
  A. Discuss your career goals, both short-term and long-term. How will Boise State University's MSA program help you achieve these goals?
  
  B. Discuss two or three situations in the past three years where you have taken a leadership role. How do these events demonstrate your managerial potential?
  
  C. Please give a brief, candid evaluation of yourself. Include some discussion of your strengths and weaknesses. What do you consider most unique or distinctive about yourself?
  
  
• Two completed Recommendation Forms -- These forms are to be completed by a person who has been your direct supervisor in a professional setting or your professor in an academic setting.
   
• Foreign students must complete the TOEFL exam with a score of 587 (240) or better. Foreign students must also provide a statement of adequate funding and certified English translations of transcripts. They may be asked to take an English proficiency exam at Boise State University.

Submit all materials to:

Program Administrator
Business Graduate Studies
College of Business & Economics 1600
Boise State University
1910 University Dr.
Boise, ID 83725-1600

Application Deadlines for Regular Admission

• March 1 for summer session admission
• June 1 for fall session admission
• October 1 for spring session admission