Gonzaga Philosophy M.A. Program
Combined Financial Aid Application—Incoming Students
revised September 2, 2015
Please indicate the financial aid package(s) for which you wish to apply. Incoming new
students may apply to all of the first four if you wish. All packages except the Academic
Year Graduate Assistantship require availability for work-study the summer following
entrance into the program.
____ Richard E. Twohy, S.J., Scholarship / Assistantship
____ Peter M. Tripp Endowed Scholarship / Assistantship
____ Faith and Reason Institute Program Assistantship
____ Academic Year Graduate Assistantship
Name: ________________________________________________________
Undergraduate Degree Institution: _____________________________________________________________
Undergraduate Degree, subject, date: __________________________________________________________
General undergraduate GPA ______
Philosophy GPA (if available) ______
Graduate Degree or coursework (if any): ______________________________________________________
Graduate GPA ______
GRE percentiles: Verbal ______
MAT percentiles: general ______
Quantitative ______
Analytic ______
Philosophy percentile ______
Answer each of the following questions sets that apply to the financial aid package(s) for
which you are applying. Please limit each answer to 250 words.
I. Philosophical Interest / Commitment / Accomplishments (for all packages)
Please discuss briefly your interest in, commitment to, and accomplishments in
philosophical study. What are your objectives for philosophical study at the graduate
level?
II. Work / Work-study experience (for all packages)
Please briefly discuss your work experience, especially as it prepares you for work-study
duties in an academic context (course administrative assistance, grading, research
assistance, etc.). Applicants for the Faith and Reason Institute Program Assistantship
should also discuss organizational / administrative experience and abilities.
III. Philosophy and Politics (for the Twohy Scholarship / Assistantship)
Please briefly discuss your view of the relationship of philosophy to politics, political
theory, and the political community.
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IV. The Importance of Philosophy (for the Tripp Scholarship / Assistantship)
Please briefly discuss your view of the importance of philosophical study as a way of
deepening our understanding of ourselves and the world and of using that
understanding to make a practical difference in the lives of others.
V. Faith, Reason, and Philosophy (for the Faith and Reason Institute Program
Assistantship)
Please briefly address your personal interest in faith-reason issues, philosophical
theology, and / or the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.