See the ACS website for more detailed information. What information is required in a letter of acceptance from a potential graduate school?
• Name of officer being accepted. • Statement stating acceptance to the school. • Tuition cost (resident or non-resident) must say resident status for universities that grant resident tuition to military students. • Degree to be obtained (MA, MS, Ph.D., JD, LLM, etc.). • Department and discipline to which admitted. • Registration and class starts dates. • Inclusive dates of the officers program of study (imperative that they be accurate). • Expected graduation date. • Length of academic program (i.e. 33 semester hours or 18 months or 3 semesters). • Required prerequisites (if any) and if they can be taken concurrently with the program or must be taken prior to official acceptance into the graduate program. • Tuition reduction agreement (if any). • Point of contact at the institution. It is usually a good idea to make sure that the school is aware of this requirement since most do not usually have all of this information in their acceptance letters. Another method is to write the letter
