Post-Professional Doctorate (OTD)
of Occupational Therapy
This information is for current USC Chan Master’s students who qualify for expedited admission to the Post-Professional OTD program. If you are not a Master’s student at USC Chan, or do not meet the requirements for the expedited admission process, please see the standard Post-Professional OTD admissions process.
Expedited Application
If you are a current USC Chan Master’s student continuing into the OTD program, you only need to submit an updated résumé on your application. The letters of recommendation, personal statement, and transcripts are waived.
Admission Criteria
If you are a current USC Chan Master’s student admitted into the OTD program with a Master’s GPA under 3.25, you will have a registration hold applied as a condition of your admission. As long as you complete the first 8 units of the OTD program with a 3.0 GPA, the registration hold will be removed.
Application Deadlines
The Division’s Admissions Committee will review your application once all your application materials have been received. To be considered for a USC Chan-affiliated Residency, the application deadline is October 1. The regular decision deadline, as well as the deadline to be considered for a USC Chan merit-based scholarship, is February 15.
Applications received after this date are also welcome and will be processed on a space available basis. Please contact our admissions team with specific questions regarding the OTD timeline and start dates.
Fee Waiver
All USC Chan students and alumni are eligible to waive the application fee for the OTD. Please read the USC Office of Graduate Admissions’ information about graduate application fee waivers carefully as you will have to follow these step-by-step instructions in order to get your application fee waived. Please allow graduate admissions up to a week for your fee waiver to be granted. Please contact graduate admissions directly with any questions related to the fee waiver.
Application Procedures
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