Instructions

                       Application for Graduate Assistantship

                           Department of Mathematics

                            Oklahoma State University


To apply for an assistantship complete the steps below. Notice that some items
should be sent to the Graduate College at the address

     The Graduate College
     Oklahoma State University
     Stillwater, OK 74078-0050

and others to the Department of Mathematics at the address

     Director of the Graduate Program
     Oklahoma State University
     Department of Mathematics
     401 Mathematical Sciences
     Stillwater, OK 74078-1058

1.Complete an Graduate Application for Admission and return it with the
application fee to the Graduate College. (The application fee cannot be waived
and an application will not be processed until the fee is paid.)

2.Complete an Application for Graduate Assistantship in the Department of
Mathematics and return it the Department of Mathematics at the address above.
Applications are accepted at any time, however, for full consideration,
applications for the Fall semester should be received by March 1 of the
preceding Spring and applications for the Spring semester should be received by
October 15 of the preceding Fall semester.

3.Ask three individuals who are familiar with your capabilities and your
academic achievements to write letters of recommendation for you. Past
mathematics instructors and supervisors are preferred. Print your name and the
degree program (M.S., Ph.D., Ed.D.) in the spaces provided. If you agree to
waive your right to inspect the letter, complete and sign the waiver at the top
of each letter of recommendation form. Give one to each letter writer. As a
courtesy you should also provide a stamped, addressed envelope so that the
letter may be returned directly to the Department of Mathematics at the address
above.

4.Send copies of all college transcripts to the Department of Mathematics.
Unofficial copies are satisfactory.

5.If you are an international student (with certain exceptions), you must take
the TOEFL and achieve a score of at least 550 in order to be admitted to the
Graduate College. In order to be employed as a teaching assistant you must also
take the TSE and achieve a score of at least 50.

6.The following two items are optional but highly recommended.

o Take the GRE and request that the basic GRE scores (verbal, quantitative,
analytical) be sent to Oklahoma State University.

o Send a list of mathematics courses beyond elementary calculus and
differential equations, names and authors of textbooks used (if in English),
chapters and topics covered and whether the course emphasized writing proofs or
doing computations.