Master of Science UW at Casper Program Admission

 

If you want the CNSL MS-Laramie program, please refer to those directions.

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• Admissions information for UW Casper campus

• Please be sure your application is for the CNSL MS-UW at Casper program for fall term.

• This is a 3-year, hybrid, cohort program, (with both online courses AND intensive weekends in Casper) that admits every 3 years in fall. The next cohort will be in fall of 2028.

• Please complete your application!

  • Fall 2025: 

    • Application deadline was January 17, 2025 for fall 2025.

    • The application portal for Fall 2025 is closed.

    • Any updates on the Interview Day event and process will be posted under Step 3 below. 

  • Fall 2028:

    • Application deadline is January 20, 2027 for fall 2028.

    • The application portal for fall 2028 will not open until spring of 2027.

    • Please check back at that time!

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Admission Requirements

Domestic Students
GPA: 3.0
GRE: no requirement

International Students
TOEFL: 80 minimum online score and 20 minimum score in each subset, OR IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score with 6 minimum in each subset.
GRE: 291 minimum

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How to Apply

Step 1: Apply to UW and the School of Counseling, Leadership, Advocacy, and Design through the online applicant portal.

• Access the UW graduate applicant portal.
• Locate the Counseling MS-UW at Casper graduate program. Make sure to indicate you are applying for fall semester.
• After completing the initial information page, you will receive an email from the system including a link and your temporary username and password.
• Please complete the contact, academic, residency information, etc.
• Submit the application fee
• Submit ALL required documents to the online document portal (see below for details)
• Agree to admissions terms and submit your application

Step 2: Submit official transcripts from all colleges to:

UW Office of Admissions

Knight Hall 150
Department 3435, 1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-5160
Toll Free: (800) 342-5996
E-mail: admissions@uwyo.edu

Note: Please do not wait to have ALL colleges send official transcripts to Admissions. It is University policy that the UW Admissions Office require official transcripts from every college you have attended. This includes your undergraduate transcript, AND all colleges that you have transferred coursework in from.

This process can take some time to request, send, receive, and process. 

Official transcripts do not need to be received by the UW Admissions Office by the application deadline.

UW Admissions requires them in order to formally admit you for fall.

Do not wait to do this.  

If you attended UW, you do not have to contact UW Admissions Office to send official transcripts to UW. They will know to "pull' them, when you are admitted. 

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Step 3: Personal Interview Day 

Completed applications are initially reviewed, and faculty members invite the qualified applicants to attend the required interview day. Students will participate in several group activities, a personal interview, and possibly tour the campus and/or facility.

*Save the date: Saturday, March 8, 2025 in Casper.

Typically, we invite 1/2 the students to join us in the AM, from 8:00am to 1:00pm, and we invite the other 1/2 to join us in the PM, from 12:00pm to 5:00pm.

Light refreshments will be provided to all students from 12 noon to 1:00pm while interviewees may visit and chat with current CNSL MS students.

We simply cannot replicate the face-to-face Interview Day Event via zoom. Please do try to attend in person.

Please make tentative and/or reimbursable travel arrangements as needed. 

Also, please pay attention to Wyoming weather and roads when traveling. Be safe!

-We may use Google Surveys to track RSVP's.

*The invites to interview day typically will go out mid to late February. 

Cohort Selection Process:

Please do allow us up to 6 weeks, minimum, after Interview Day, to meet, review Interview Day feedback, scores, completed application materials, and discuss, and select our cohort for summer. This is a very long process, and it does take time. We may send out 2 rounds of acceptance letters. We appreciate your patience.

UPDATES: If we have any updates to share regarding the Interview Day event and/or cohort selection process, we will post those details here!

• January 17, 2025: Application portal for CNSL MS- UW At Casper for fall 2025 is closed.

• January 26, 2025: List of completed applications sent to CNSL faculty for initial reviews.

  • Submitted applications were also included on list, but those applications need to reach 100% complete ASAP in order to be considered.

• February 17, 2025: We will send out official Invites to Interview Day ASAP. Thank you for your patience!

• February 27, 2025: Invites to CNSL MS-UW At Casper Interview Day emailed this morning. 

  • Deadline to RSVP is Monday, March 3, 2025 at 12 noon.
  • Please read the AM or PM Invite Letter, and the AM or PM Google Survey carefully before sending your RSVP. Responses may be edited.
  • You may email me questions to tlegal@uwyo.edu.

 

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Required Documents

Please include and upload ALL documents listed below into your application in order it to be considered.

• A letter of intent describing including:
  • The primary reasons for your desire to become a professional counselor
  • Your attributes as well as possible challenges in pursuing a counseling career
  • How your life experiences have prepared you for a career in counseling
  • What kind of student you are and how you manage stress
  • How your personal values and experiences prepare you to meet the ethical obligation of the counseling profession and practice with respect, knowledge and skills related to clients with a variety of different backgrounds and multicultural issues
  • Other factors that you believe may be helpful in evaluating your application
• A summary of your academic background
• A current professional resume
• Copies of transcripts; (official transcripts should be sent from schools directly to UW Admissions)
• Current recommendation letters addressing counseling and leadership skills from three different referees (the portal will send a request to each of them after you enter their email addresses)

We prefer to review complete applications. Please be sure to complete your application!