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• View our Information Sessions schedule. Attendance to an OTD Information Session is required prior to submitting the OTD Application for early review
• Check out Info Session schedules here.

• Attachments: Submit the following as separate PDF documents:

• • Application Checklist & OT Application Form.
  • 1-Page Resume
  • Proof of 80 Hours Volunteer/Observation Experience under a licensed occupational therapist (use the Volunteer Hours Verification Form) OR Foundations of OT Workshop Certificate
  • Unofficial GRE Scores may be waived.  However, students with good GRE scores who would like to boost lower GPA scores, for example, may submit unofficial GRE scores during the Early Review and official GRE scores during the application period. 
  • Unofficial Transcripts reflecting the undergraduate GPA and grades of all prerequisite courses
    (Note: Courses may no longer be in progress effective the end of the February 2026 application period for the Summer 2026 cohort.  All courses must be complete by the application deadline if applying to Summer 2027 cohort and beyond.)
  • OTD Information Session Certificate
• 3 Letters of Recommendation:
  
  • You will need to provide the email addresses of 3 writers of Letters of Recommendation.  The Qualtrics application will automatically send the request to each writer who will directly send the Letter of Recommendation to otdadmissions@csudh.edu.
  • 2 letters of recommendation from professionals who can attest to the applicant's ability for graduate coursework and level of professionalism and 1 letter of recommendation from the licensed occupational therapist who performed supervision during the 80-hour volunteer/observation experience.
  • Note: If applicant completed (or is in process of completing) the Foundations of OT Workshop in lieu of volunteer/observation hours – the 3rd letter of recommendation does not have to be from an OT -- it can be from a 3rd professional.

For questions about the application, contact OTDAdmissions@csudh.edu.

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