Joint MS with New England School of Acupuncture

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Three letters of recommendation are required.  One of the letters may be from your original NESA application; the other 2 must be new recommendations specifically for MS/PREP.

Applicants have a choice of submitting recommendation letters electronically or by mail. If you opt not to submit electronically, please use the Letter of Recommendation forms in the Supplemental Forms section. Letters should be primarily academic in nature, and should mention the relationship of the applicant to the recommender so that their observations can be put into the proper context.

Letters of recommendation may be given to you in a sealed envelope with the author’s signature appearing across the seal, and then forwarded by you to our address. Or, the individual providing the letter of recommendation may mail the letter directly to our address.

Please note that if you register your recommenders as online recommenders, the system will hold your application until all electronic letters have been submitted. The Admissions office will not be able to process your application until the online system receives all the online recommendations.

NESA applicants with a domestic MD or RN degree are not required to submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) results. Other applicants may request a waiver of the GRE requirement only after submitting most of the required application credentials.  Such a waiver is granted only to those applicants whose educational and/or professional accomplishments clearly testify to their mathematical and writing skills. Each waiver request will be evaluated on an individual basis. Requests should be emailed to med-phpd@tufts.edu. 

GRE scores must be sent directly from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to Tufts University School of Medicine using institution code 3889 and department code 0616

Both MCAT, GMAT and USMLE (Parts 1 AND 2) scores are accepted in lieu of the GRE. We do not have a MCAT reporting code–MCAT score reports containing a verification code may be printed from the MCAT Thx system and mailed to our address. Our code for reporting GMAT scores is: 7JB-VJ-01.

In order to matriculate, all final transcripts must be received prior to enrollment. Official transcripts are required from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended (degree and non-degree). Transcripts may be mailed by the issuing institution directly to the Public Health & Professional Degree Programs, or sent by the applicant provided all transcripts are sealed with an official stamp across the flap.

Unofficial and/or photocopied transcripts will not be accepted.

Applicants will receive an email confirmation from Embark.com upon completion of the online application form. This email reflects the submission of the online application ONLY and does not imply that the applicant’s supporting credentials have been received.

Applications are typically downloaded from the Embark system and processed by us on Fridays. When your application is processed by Tufts, you will also receive an email from sender “GradProf” with the subject line “Tufts Username and Password”. This email will contain a log-in and password for the Tufts Application Management Website. (Please note that if your recommendations are being submitted electronically, your application will not be submitted to us until all electronic recommendations have been received.) This website will allow you to view which credentials have been received, and also to view your admissions decision when it is available.

When there is a high volume of applications, it may take up to 14 days from submission for your credentials to reflect as received in the Application Management System. Please do not contact the Admissions Office about missing credentials until at least 14 days have passed. You may access the Application Management website here: https://grad.admissions.tufts.edu/app/login.aspx.

Applications are reviewed as they are received; therefore, applicants are encouraged to submit all required materials as early as possible. Typically, a student can expect an admissions decision 3-6 weeks after the application is completed. Your admissions decision will be available online in the Application Management system and will also be mailed to your address on file.