Admission

Apply Today! Once you've been admitted, to join the program, accept our offer, view your decision letter in the application portal, and click "accept the offer" of admission. The next step is to submit the enrollment deposit. Once this is completed, we'll grant you access to the program's resources.

Financial Aid

Apply for the FAFSA here. A useful guide to walk you through the steps for graduate school can be found here. The Office of Financial Aid normally releases their decision in June and on a rolling basis afterwards.

The Grad Plus Loan is a non-need based, low-interest loan made to graduate students. Students may borrow an amount up to the cost of attendance less any financial assistance. This can be helpful in covering the rest of the cost of tuition.

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• Monroe Street Market 
• Cloisters
• Brookland Ridge  

There are also resources available for on-campus and off-campus housing:

• Off-campus graduate housing
• On-campus housing
• DC Area Catholics Looking For Roommates
• Washington D.C. Housing, Rooms, Apartments, Sublets
• Washington DC Roommates/ Sublets/ Temporary Housing
• Washington D.C. Housing, Rooms, Apartments, Sublets

After paying your enrollment deposit and officially joining the class, we'll be reaching out to you in early Spring to schedule your on-boarding meeting. This is an opportunity for you to improve your resume and discuss internship and career goals. You should try to update your resume and cover letter to reflect the guidelines. Students are not required to have an internship by the start of the program, and we will work with all students to acquire an internship. One of the important parts of the program is having an internship to get experience in business and help you develop good time management skills. Resources include:

• Business Resume Template
• Business Cover Letter Template
• Join the MSB LinkedIn Network
• Handshake (one-stop shop for your internship and job search)
• LinkedIn Learning (login using CUA account)
• Internship Resource

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Business Professional

Class registration is now open!. Below is an example guide to register and the courses we're offering. Students should register for all classes:

• MSB Registration Instructions
• Fall 2022 MSB Registration Course Schedule
• Fall 2022 Course Schedule Codes

Week of August 21-24 - Tentative MSB Orientation. Official dates will be announced later in the year. Orientation is mandatory for all students.

• Orientation Day 1 - Athletic attire
• Orientation Day 2 - Business Casual attire
• Orientation Day 3 - Business Professional attire
• Orientation Day 4 - Business Casual attire

Pre-class assignments will be will be posted in July. These assignments will serve as an introduction to the subject matter and allow students to familiarize themselves with the language and terms of these courses before the start of the school year.

• Excel
• Accounting

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Students often ask how they should prepare for the program. We've compiled a list of books, publications, subscriptions, and podcasts to introduce you to the world of business:

Books

• Start with Why by Simon Sinek
• Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
• Straight from the Gut by Jack Welsh
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Great by Choice by Jim Collins
• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
• Playing to Win by A.G. Lafley
• Catechism for Business: Tough Ethical Questions and Insights from Catholic Teaching by Andrew V. Abela and Joseph E. Capizzi
• The Pope and the CEO by Andreas Widmer
• Turn this Ship Around by L. David Marquet
• The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Pat Lencioni
• Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by David Marquet

Publications

• Wall Street Journal
• The Economist
• Forbes
• Bloomberg Businessweek
• Wired

Subscriptions

• Morning Brew
• Washington Post Economy and Business Alerts
• Chartr: Data Storytelling

Podcasts

• How I Built This with Guy Raz

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• Campus Ministry and Service Opportunities
• Mass Times at the Basilica
• Kane Fitness Center
• Mullen Library
• Student Health Services
• Center for Academic and Career Success
• Counseling Center
• Disability Support Services
• Center for Cultural Engagement
• Catholic University Bookstore (For swag; books are bought by the program and included in tuition)

• Tuition Payment Plan
• Cardinal Card (Your Catholic University student ID)
• Reset password
• Parking on campus
• Student Technology
• SmarTrip® Card (or buy on the Metro)
• SmarTrip Monthly Pass (An alternative path to the SmarTrip® Card)
• Food and fun in Brookland
• Capital Bikeshare
• Catholic University Bookstore (For swag; books are bought by the program and included in tuition)