<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I plan on applying to Ph.D programs this Fall and I had a question pertaining to applying to a school that I had previously applied to and had been accepted into their Masters program. I did not end up accepting their offer of admission due to an RA position a different school had offered.</p>
<p>I was wondering if I am to apply to the same school again, but this time for a Ph.D., what process would I be following? Since they already have my letters of recs. from my undergraduate institution, GRE score, resume, statement of interest, undergrad transcript, etc., would I be resending all of this to them? Or will I just begin the process all over again from scratch, like getting new letters of recs., writing a new statement of interest, resending my new resume, and transcript from graduate school? Also, will me being previously accepted into their Masters program be more favorable to me? Or will my rejecting their previous offer of admission be unfavorable..?</p>
<p>Thanks for any advice or insight.</p>
<p>Regards,
smpaladin</p>
<p>I would call up the graduate secretary and ask if they still have the materials particularly transcripts and GRE scores. Many schools won’t keep applications from year to year but a number of them will keep GRE scores on hand.</p>
<p>You would want to write a new SOP anyway and update your LORs (trust me, it’s not a pain for your professors to resend letters).</p>
<p>TMP is correct, but I’d like to differ slightly in my recommendation.</p>
<p>Call the Graduate School first. They are most likely to still have your transcripts and GRE scores. They will tell you whether it is their responsibility or the department’s responsibility at their university. </p>
<p>Just as TMP wrote, you will definitely want to write a new statement of purpose, select a new writing sample, and send new letters of rec (from your MA professors, NOT from your undergrad professors).</p>
<p>Previous application and acceptance to their MA program will not bear at all on your application. It’s like being an entirely new applicant, because in a way, you are. You have entirely new credentials from your MA program.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>