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Admissions Requirements

  • A strong undergraduate record in a major in any humanities field
  • Fluent reading, writing, and speaking knowledge of one foreign language
  • Beginning training in a second foreign language
  • The successful completion of an independent writing project or honors thesis
  • A writing sample
  • Official transcript(s) of all college or graduate-level credits
  • Complete application (including three letters of recommendation and a language proficiency form for each language)
  • Submission of GRE scores optional (Score Codes: 3351 and 2902)
  • Submission of TOEFL or IELTS scores (for international students)
  • $40.00 application fee

Documents should be sent to:

Comparative Literature
6051 Reed Hall room 201
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755

Application Deadline: January 15

Last Updated: 4/14/09