MPS in Information Science

Your application should include completed and scanned transcripts of all previous college and university work, including any work done at Cornell.

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.

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. This should not be a continuation of your academic Statement of Purpose — instead of describing your academic and professional qualifications and experience, you may 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 1000 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 the program. Discuss how the Information Science MPS program will help you meet your future goals.