Minerva School
Application for Admission
Personal Information
Program To Which You Are Applying – Please Check
PhD
Educational Background
Please list – in REVERSE chronological order – all post-secondary / post-diploma education institutions attended, including degree attained.
N.B. As part of the admissions process, you will be required to arrange for the Minerva School to receive an official transcript from the institution from which you received your HIGHEST degree.
Extra-Curricular Activities
Intellectual Activities Outside Institutions [ e.g. TED / Toastmasters etc. ]
Professional / Life Experience
On what professional / work project/s are you currently engaged? Please include any relevant organizational framework, if such exists.
What would you say are your FIVE most interesting professional / work projects / accomplishments over the last decade or so?
Minerva School has significant respect for “life experience”. Please feel free to a) share anything you feel would be of relevance to a graduate program in Critical Thinking; and b) attach another sheet of paper, if needed.
Structured Essay
Reflect carefully about the questions posed; then, once you know WHAT you want to say,
write a "thought outline" for yourself – that is, HOW are you going to say what you want to say,that start to that conclusion in a step by step fashion; and only then
Actually WRITE the essay itself.
What is your understanding of the term "Critical Thinking "?
Given your definition, what value do you see for Critical Thinking in general ?
In that framework, please suggest how the application of Critical Thinking could be useful in helping clarify public discourse about and / or solving a specific problem / issue area ?
Finally, given your career / life plan, what do you see as the value of a graduate program in Critical Thinking for you ?
