Admissions & Financial Aid
Apply for Admission
While our admissions process is highly selective, it is also personalized, comprehensive, and fair. There is no single formula or criterion for admission. What the Ed School looks for are students with a passion for education, diverse life and work experiences, and a deep commitment to making an impact in the world—as educators, researchers, policymakers, and service-minded leaders of character and integrity.
At this time, we are no longer accepting applications for fall 2012 enrollment. We will begin accepting applications for fall 2013 enrollment in late summer. We hope that you will consider applying at this time; you will be taking a step toward joining other bright, talented, and experienced students who have the desire to transform lives through education.
- Application Deadlines and Decision Dates
- How to Apply
- How to Reapply
- How to Check the Status of Your Application Materials
- International Applicants
- Degree Programs at HGSE
- Non-Degree Study at HGSE
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to call or email the Admissions Office.

Admissions Office
111 Longfellow Hall
13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-3414
Fax: 617-496-3577
Email Admissions
Financial Aid Office
061 Longfellow Hall
13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-3416
Fax: 617-496-0840
Email Financial Aid
Impact On Education
![]() | T.J. Martinez, Ed.M.'08"For kids [and] their parents who are in cycles of poverty, violence, and even abuse, [we see] as we come to know their stories. This [opportunity] is something that will break that." -- T.J. Martinez, Cristo Rey Jesuit School. |
![]() | Noel Gomez, Ed.M.'06Some have been incarcerated, others are one strike shy of life in prison. College was the last place any of them expected to end up. But it's the one place that Noel Gomez, Ed.M.'06, wants to keep them. |
![]() | Raygine DiAquoiShe was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and attended public schools until the sixth grade when her parents, wanting her to have every opportunity, sent her to the Hewitt School, a private school for girls on the Upper East Side. |
![]() | Shimon Waronker, Ed.D. CandidateWhen Waronker walked into J.H.S. 022 in the South Bronx, N.Y. to become its seventh principal in two years, he had reason to be worried. Instead, he was determined to take back the school, starting with the gangs. |

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