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Application for Admission to the Objectivist Academic Center Undergraduate Program

Note: Before you begin filling out this form, please review the Application Checklist.

Applying: To apply to the Objectivist Academic Center (OAC), please complete the application form below. You will also be required to select an entrance exam date, at which time you will receive and take the exam via email. There is no fee for applying to the OAC.

When to apply: We are currently accepting applications to be considered for the 2009-10 academic year. The Early Admission deadline is April 17, 2009; the Regular Admission deadline is July 31, 2009. New students accepted into the OAC will begin courses in the fall.

Personal Information

1. NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION:

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*2. ARE YOU OVER THE AGE OF 18?

3. CURRENT OCCUPATION AND YEARS AT THE JOB; IF YOU ARE A STUDENT, INDICATE MAJOR, DEGREE AND EXPECTED GRADUATION DATE.

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Education

*4. NAME OF INSTITUTION(S) (HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE) // DATES OF ATTENDANCE // MAJOR // GPA // GRADUATION DATES // DEGREE(S) EARNED

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*5. SAT SCORED (AND GRE SCORES, IF AVAILABLE); INCLUDE PERCENTILE RANKINGS; IF YOU HAVE TAKEN AN IQ TEST, PLEASE LIST YOUR SCORE, PERCENTILE AND THE NAME OF THE TEST.

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Study of Objectivism

*6. IN WHAT YEAR DID YOU FIRST READ AYN RAND?

*7. HOW DID YOU FIRST HEAR ABOUT THE OAC?

8. IF YOU SELECTED "ANOTHER SOURCE" IN THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, PLEASE INDICATE WHAT THAT SOURCE WAS.

*9. HAVE YOU EVER APPLIED TO THE OBJECTIVIST ACADEMIC CENTER BEFORE?

10. IF YES, IN WHAT YEAR OR YEARS DID YOU APPLY?

*11. BOOKS: WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAVE YOU READ?

Atlas Shrugged
The Fountainhead
Virtue of Selfishness
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
For the New Intellectual
Philosophy: Who Needs It
Voice of Reason
The Romantic Manifesto
The Ayn Rand Reader
Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution [originally published as The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution]
The Ayn Rand Lexicon (H. Binswanger ed.)
The Objectivist Newsletter (periodical)
The Objectivist (periodical)
The Ayn Rand Letter (periodical)
The Objectivist Forum (periodical; H. Binswanger)
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (by L. Peikoff)
The Ominous Parallels (by L. Peikoff)

RECORDED LECTURES: WHICH HAVE YOU STUDIED?

12. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

Understanding Objectivism (by L. Peikoff)
The Art of Thinking (by L. Peikoff)
History of Philosophy (by L. Peikoff)
Philosophy of Objectivism (by L. Peikoff)
Objectivism Through Induction (by L. Peikoff)
Objective Communication (by L. Peikoff)
Judging, Feeling and Not Being Moralistic (by L. Peikoff)
Unity in Epistemology and Ethics (by L. Peikoff)
Introduction to Logic (by L. Peikoff)
Consciousness as Identification(by H. Binswanger)
Abstraction from Abstractions (by H. Binswanger)

13. HAVE YOU ENTERED ANY OF ARI'S ESSAY CONTESTS FOR STUDENTS (ON _ANTHEM_, _THE FOUNTAINHEAD_, OR _ATLAS SHRUGGED_)? INDICATE WHICH CONTEST(S) YOU ENTERED AND IN WHAT YEAR.

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14. LIST ANY CAMPUS CLUB ACTIVITIES AND/OR OBJECTIVIST CONFERENCES YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN.

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*15. LIST THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF TWO PERSONS WHOM WE MAY CONTACT FOR RECOMMENDATIONS. SELECT REFERENCES WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO COMMENT ON YOUR ACADEMIC RECORD AND INTELLECTUAL WORK.

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Statement of Purpose

*16. DESCRIBE YOUR CAREER GOALS AND HOW ATTENDING THE OAC WILL BE OF VALUE TO YOU (500 WORD MAXIMUM). WRITE, EDIT AND PROOFREAD YOUR STATEMENT IN ADVANCE IN A WORD PROCESSOR, SAVING A COPY TO DISK. PASTE YOUR POLISHED VERSION IN THE BOX BELOW.

Scholarship & Tuition Waiver

17. IF YOU ARE A FULL-TIME STUDENT, YOU MAY REQUEST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A TELEPHONE SCHOLARSHIP AND/OR TUITION WAIVER. INDICATE BELOW IF YOU WISH TO REQUEST SUCH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

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Scheduling Your Entrance Exam

*18. PLEASE SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DATES ON WHICH TO WRITE YOUR ENTRANCE EXAM. YOU WILL RECEIVE THE EXAM BY EMAIL ON THAT DATE, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO EMAIL YOUR ANSWERS WITHIN 2 HOURS. THE EXAM ITSELF HAS A TIME LIMIT OF 90 MINUTES.

Certification of Information

*19. I CERTIFY THAT THE FACTS CONTAINED IN THIS APPLICATION ARE TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT, IF ADMITTED, FALSIFIED STATEMENTS ON THIS APPLICATION SHALL BE GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL. [PLEASE INSERT YOUR INITIALS TO INDICATE YOUR AGREEMENT.]

*20. I AUTHORIZE INVESTIGATION OF ALL STATEMENTS CONTAINED HEREIN AND THE REFERENCES LISTED ABOVE TO GIVE YOU ANY AND ALL INFORMATION CONCERNING MY PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE AND ANY PERTINENT INFORMATION THEY MAY HAVE, PERSONAL OR OTHERWISE, AND RELEASE THE COMPANY FROM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY RESULT FROM UTILIZATION OF SUCH INFORMATION. [PLEASE INSERT YOUR INITIALS TO INDICATE YOUR AGREEMENT.]

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