MPS in Information Science

All transcripts or academic records must be official documents provided in the original language. If not issued by the college or university as original documents, they should be notarized, full-sized photocopies. They should include grades received in each subject each year, and the number of weeks and hours per week that each subject was studied.

Your application must include two letters of recommendation. The letters should be from professors or supervisors who are familiar with your academic or professional work and who can testify to your potential in Information Science

The video interview is accessed through the online application. You will receive an email from CollegeNET containing the link to the interview session within 10 minutes after you submit the application. The video interview questions are not technical questions. They are a series of random questions that will give the admission committee more insight of your preparedness, knowledge, and what you hope to gain from obtaining an MPS degree from Information Science at Cornell. In the interview, you will receive 3 questions and have 1 minute to respond to each one immediately. Your responses to the interview questions should complement rather than duplicate the content of your Statement of Purpose.

Please describe within 1000 words how your background and experiences influenced your decision and ability to pursue a graduate degree. Additionally, provide insights into your potential to contribute to Cornell University’s core value to provide a community of inclusion, belonging, and respect where scholars representing diverse backgrounds, perspectives, abilities, and experiences can learn and work productively and positively together. Within your statement, you may also include relevant information on any of the following: How your personal, academic, and/or professional experiences demonstrate your ability to be both persistent and resilient especially when navigating challenging circumstances. How you engage with others and have facilitated and/or participated in productive teams. How you have come to understand the barriers faced by others whose experiences and backgrounds may differ from your own. If relevant, how your professional interests focus on issues related to diversity, inclusion, access, inequality, and/or equity. Details on your service and/or leadership in efforts to advance diversity, inclusion, access, and equity especially for those from backgrounds historically underrepresented and/or marginalized. Additional context on any significant barriers you have navigated to make graduate education accessible to you. Contextual details on any perceived gaps or weaknesses in your academic record. Within the personal statement, you may also provide details of lessons learned from any of your lived experiences including but not limited to being a first-generation college student or graduate (no parent/guardian completed a baccalaureate degree) racial, ethnic, and/or cultural background(s) managing a disability or chronic health condition experiencing housing, food, economic, and/or other forms of significant insecurity being a solo parent gender identity and/or sexual orientation having served in the military holding DACA, refugee, TPS, or asylee status

All applicants are required to submit their most current Resume or CV with the application.

A successful statement of purpose should address the following topics and should be limited to no more than 1,000 words: ​Identify areas of Information Science that are of particular interest and explain why. Explain why you are interested in the Information Science MPS program at Cornell University. Review what makes you qualified for our program. Discuss how the Information Science MPS program will help you meet your future goals.

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