ASU Logistics and the Application Process
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ASU is in Tempe, a suburb of Phoenix, the fifth largest city in the nation. Sky Harbor Airport is a 10 minute drive, and summer air fare and rental cars can be inexpensive. The Grand Canyon is a 4-hour drive. Cool mountains with pine forests, rugged wilderness, and campgrounds are a couple of hours away.The temperature in Tempe is typically 105 degrees in June, but its a dry heat. All buildings are air-conditioned and modern. Although ASUs main campus has over 50,000 students during the academic year, the campus is quiet in summer, with ample parking.
Ask Your School District to Pay with Federal Title II-A Funds
ASU financial aid for teachers in the MNS DEGREE program who teach in "low income" schools.
Travel
Southwest Airlines often has $200 round-trip sales from all of their airport
locations in the nation. Visit their web site
and subscribe to their weekly email alert. Other airlines may match their sale
fares. STA Travel Agency has discounted
prices for teachers. They are located at ASU (480 965-8410) and at many universities
nationwide. We know people whove obtained good deals at CheapTickets,
etc.
The airport shuttle or cab costs about $20. An occasional teacher chooses to
take the city bus, which costs $1.25 one way. Everything is within walking distance
of campus. Several city bus lines go by the campus, and the Greyhound bus stop
is one block away. Two light rail stops are next to campus. Teachers like to
rent cars on weekends and go in groups to the Grand Canyon, old Indian ruins,
tubing down the river, etc. Since summer is the slow time (no tourists), cars
can be rented inexpensively.
How to apply for Non-Degree Graduate study at
ASU:
This is easy, but try to do it well before summer, in case glitches occur. First,
apply to online to ASU, after Feb. 2009. You arent required to submit transcripts,
test scores, grade averages, or letters of recommendation. (ASU charges a $70
application fee; due to the economic downturn it is no longer free to K-12 teachers.)
After May 20, unfortunately a late fee of $50 is charged (new in 2009).
ASU must receive your application and immunization verification
before ASU will allow you to register for a course. If you were born
after Dec. 31, 1956, you must give proof of two vaccinations of measles (rubeola)
and rubella, at least one of which must have been given after Dec. 31, 1979.
You can download this MMR form.
Submit it to the ASU Student Health Center. (FAX: 480-965-8914; P.O. Box 872104,
Tempe AZ 85287-2104).
After 48 hours, you may confirm that Student Health has received the correct
information by going to My ASU
and clicking on Check Your Registration Eligibility Status. If immunization
information is missing, you will receive a message about what you must still
provide. Where you can get MMR shot.
(If you've previously been an ASU student and you've forgotten your password and/or ASURITE ID, call the ASU help desk: 480-965-6500. Press one(1). Ask the human being to FAX you a form so that you can change your computer password on My ASU. You'll need to FAX back your drivers license or similar proof of identity.
Registering for courses is EASY & QUICK! But wait after applying to ASU, before you register for courses. Course registration starts in mid-March. If you register for courses before May 18, 2009, you must pay by May 21 or else you'll be put on an automated Tuition Installment Plan and charged a sizable fee.(So register after May 18, if you need to pay after May 18.)
You must register before each session (BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY for the first session! and before July 3(or 5?)for the second, to avoid a late fee) online at https://my.asu.edu. For online payment information, visit the ASU REGISTRAR WEBSITE. If you want more details, see the ASU Summer Schedule. Our PHS graduate courses are listed in the ASU course bulletin.
Browse ASUs Summer Session site for details about ASU's summer programs, if you'd like.
How to apply to the Master of Natural Science
(MNS) Degree Program in Physics
Apply in fall or winter, because the Dept. of Physics graduate selection committee
meets in the spring. Try to finish it by March 1, for courtesy to faculty who
review applications.
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Here is an example of correspondence from a teacher who was applying.The teacher e-mailed to Jane Jackson: "I have a copy of my official transcripts (sealed from the University), and I need to know where to send them as well as requesting my official GRE scores to be sent to ASU. ..."
The graduate coordinator in the Dept. of Physics replied to Jane: "Have him send his official Transcripts to the Graduate College. He needs to contact ETS and request them to send us his Official GRE scores. He just needs to tell ETS he wants them sent to Arizona State University. Institution code #4007. He needs to let them know Physics. The GRE will automatically be sent to the Graduate College; however the Graduate College needs to know what department to send them to, so he needs to make sure ETS puts that on his GRE form. He will want to, however, send me a copy of those scores because it will take about a month or so for me to receive his official GRE scores. We can review his file as long as we at least have a copy of the scores."
Please direct inquiries to Jane Jackson.
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last modified May 29, 2009