Do personal characteristics such as age affect acceptance into the PhD Program in English?

No external marker of identity or social status influences the consideration of any applicant.  Our admissions committee bases its selections on the quality of all applicants’ past work as well as likelihood of fit for our programs. The program promotes values of diversity, multiculturalism, and the productive integration of social differences as the basis for its social justice commitments. Thus, we actively seek a diverse faculty and student body through which to achieve these ideals. Please see GWU’s anti-discrimination policy for all members: