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Advanced Professional Certificate in Taxation
How to Apply
All applicants to the Advanced Professional Certificate (APC) in Taxation Program must use the 2008 Advanced Professional Certificate in Taxation Application.
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Application Fee
The application fee for the APC in Taxation is $75. You may pay the fee using a check drawn on a U.S. bank, or a money order, payable to New York University in U.S. dollars. Do not send cash or traveler's checks. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept credit card payments of the application fee for the APC in Taxation Program.
Application fees are non-refundable and will not be credited toward your tuition if you are admitted. NYU School of Law does not waive application fees to the Graduate Division.
Transcripts
Official transcripts from all law degrees conferred or in
progress are required. Additionally, Puerto Rican and foreign applicants
must provide original, certified translations if the official
transcripts are not in English.
The Law Transcript Request Form should be given to the registrar at your law school(s) who should return the form and transcript to you in a sealed envelope with a signature across the seal. If a translation is required, the certified translator may break the registrar's seal for translation purposes, and then should seal all documents, including the translation, in a second envelope and sign across the seal.
Transcripts from undergraduate colleges and graduate programs other than law may be submitted but are not required.
Rank in Class
If you attended a law school that releases information
about class rankings, please ensure that your law school
registrar includes that information with your transcript.
Where class rank is not available, your law school should
submit an explanation of its grading system and the guidelines
or regulations that govern it and attest that the
school does not rank its students.
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
Applicants who received their first degree in law from a Puerto Rican law school must take the TOEFL.
You should request that the Educational Testing Service (ETS) send your TOEFL score report directly to NYU School of Law (institution code 2599). Under no circumstances may an applicant submit a score report directly to the Law School; only official reports issued by ETS are acceptable. Photocopies or student copies are not permitted.
A total score of at least 600 with minimum scores of 60 in each of the three sections (listening comprehension, structure and written expression, vocabulary and reading comprehension) is required for consideration. Applicants who take the computer-based TOEFL must achieve a minimum total score of at least 250 and minimum scores of 25 on each of the subsections. Applicants taking the Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) are required to achieve a minimum total score of at least 100, a minimum score of 26 on the reading and listening subsections, and a minimum score of 22 on the writing subsection. Because the speaking subsection is unique to the iBT, we do not set a minimum score for this subsection. However, the Committee on Graduate Admissions will look for scores of at least 22. The Test of Written English (TWE) portion of the TOEFL is also recommended.
There is no conditional admission status for applicants who do not achieve the minimum standard.
Applicants whose first law degree is from a Puerto Rican law school, but who have completed an advanced degree taught in English in a country where English is the primary language are not required to take the TOEFL. These applicants must submit an official transcript of the advanced graded academic coursework with their application. Applicants who are currently enrolled in an advanced degree program that is taught in English must submit a TOEFL score.
Note: Applicants whose primary language is not English must have strong English language proficiency in order to participate productively and successfully in all aspects of the graduate program. Simply meeting the minimum standards on the TOEFL and TWE exams is not sufficient and will not ensure academic success. In addition to the TOEFL, interviews for English proficiency may be required; any such interviews would be conducted in the applicant's home country.
For information about the TOEFL and TWE, contact:
Test of English as a Foreign Language
Educational Testing Service
P.O. Box 6151
Princeton, NJ 08541-6151
www.toefl.org
Recommendation
Applicants to the APC in Taxation may submit a letter of recommendation but are not required to do so.
The recommender may attach his or her letter to the Letter of Recommendation Form and return the form to you in a sealed envelope. Ask your recommender to sign across the seal of the envelope to ensure confidentiality. If a translation is required, the certified translator may break the recommender's seal for translation purposes, and then should seal all documents, including the translation, in a second envelope and sign across the seal. If your recommender prefers to send the letter directly to the Law School, he or she may do so.
Personal Statement and Resume
Please include with your application a brief statement of no more than 500 words. You may describe your professional interests and goals or, since the Committee on Graduate Admissions does not grant interviews, you may use the statement to describe aspects of yourself and/or your work that are not apparent from your other application materials. You should include your reasons and qualifications for applying to the APC in Taxation.
You must also include with your application a résumé; it may be one to two pages in length. Due to the large number of applications that we receive each year, the Committee on Graduate Admissions is not able to read and consider writing samples, articles, or research papers submitted with applications.
Submitting your Materials
Applicants should arrange to mail the completed application, application fee, and other materials to the Office of Graduate Admissions. Depending on the mail service used the address differs; please see below for the appropriate address.
All correspondence sent via regular |
All correspondence sent via an express or special mail service requiring signature: |
| Office of Graduate Admissions P.O. Box 904 New York, NY 10276-0904 |
Office of Graduate Admissions 245 Sullivan Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10012 |