SELENE: Can I help you?
TERRY: Yes. I am interested in applying for graduate school here.
SELENE: Alright. Do you have some specific questions?
TERRY: Not really. I am in Madison visiting a friend.
And I would like to go to school here too. So he told me to come to this office.
SELENE: Have you sent in an application already?
TERRY: No, I haven’t.
SELENE: Well, I’m sorry to tell you,
but the deadline for applications has already passed.
TERRY: I’m sorry. What does that mean?
SELENE: That means it is already too late to apply for school this fall semester.
TERRY: Really?
SELENE: Yes. The Graduate School accepts no applications after January 29th.
And it is already February fifth.
So if you apply, you must apply to begin first semester next year.
TERRY: That is January next year. Yes?
SELENE: That’s right.
TERRY: Alright. Well, can you tell me what I need in my application?
SELENE: All the information is included in the application packet.
TERRY: I’m sure it is. But could you tell me also?
I might not understand something in the packet information.
SELENE: All applicants to the graduate school must have three letters of recommendation.
They must have official university transcripts sent directly from their previous school.
TERRY: I can’t send my transcripts myself?
SELENE: No. Your school must send them to us.
Also, all graduate students must have GRE or GMAT scores sent to us by the testing center.
TERRY: How much is the application fee for applying to graduate school?
SELENE: The application fee is $40.
TERRY: Alright. Give me one application packet please.
I’ll take it back and start to fill it out.
SELENE: Here you are.
TERRY: Thank you.
思琳娜：有什么我能幫忙的嗎?
泰瑞：是的，我很想申請這里的研究生院。
思琳娜：很好，你有什么特別的問題嗎?
泰瑞：沒有，我在麥迪遜拜訪朋友。
我想要到這里上課，他告訴我到這間辦公室來。
思琳娜：你寄申請表來了嗎?
泰瑞：不，我還沒。
思琳娜：嗯，我很抱歉地告訴你，
截止日期已經過去了。
泰瑞：我很抱歉。那是什么意思?
思琳娜：那意思就是要申請在秋季入學已經太晚了。
泰瑞：真的嗎?
思琳娜：是的，研究生院在一月二十九日后停止接受申請表。
而現在已經是二月五日了。
所以你申請的話，你必須申請明年的第一個學期。
泰瑞：那是明年的一月，是嗎?
思琳娜：沒錯。
泰瑞：好吧。嗯，你能告訴我在申請時需要做些什么嗎?
思琳娜：所有的資料都包含在申請表的袋子里。
泰瑞：我確定是有的，但是你可以也告訴我好嗎?
我或許并不了解一些在申請表袋里的資料。
思琳娜：所有申請研究生院的人都需要有三封推薦信。
他們也要讓原學校寄來正式大學的成績單。
泰瑞：我不能自己寄我的成績單嗎?
思琳娜：不能。你的學校必須要寄給我們。
還有，所有的研究生必需要有 GRE 或是 GMAT 的成績，由考試中心寄給我們。
泰瑞：申請研究生院的申請費是多少?
思琳娜：申請費是四十美元。
泰瑞：好的，請給我一套申請表。
我帶回去就開始填寫。
思琳娜：這里就是。
泰瑞：謝謝你。
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