What do faculty members look for in applicants?
Marshall’s faculty selects qualified students based on evidence of outstanding intellectual ability and a strong commitment to a career in research. Standardized test scores, the strength of the recommendation letters, the academic record at the applicant’s undergraduate/graduate institution, and his/her research goals, including its fit within the general research interests of the faculty, will be evaluated. However, there are other considerations not easily measured quantitatively, such as creativity and independence, that are significant as well.
