PS Your statement of purpose is an important part of your application. Program admissions committees consider them carefully in ranking applicants. Be as specific as possible about your research interests and qualifications. If you have particular reasons for choosing Northwestern, be sure to indicate them. Indicate any awards or honors you may have earned, publications you may have authored, or any pertinent research or work experience. This should be a 5,000 character document or about one-page long. The statement is submitted electronically as part of the on-line application. GPA For admitted students, the average GPA from their Junior and Senior years in college is 3.60. Fee The fee (subject to change) is $95 for both domestic and international applicants, payable by credit card. RL Two to three letters of recommendation submitted online. Transcript Copies of official transcripts (bearing the registrar's signature and/or the institution's seal) from each post-secondary institution attended, including records from courses in any university-level institution attended abroad must be uploaded to the on-line application. This means that students working toward a master's degree at another institution should upload official transcripts of all undergraduate work as well as official transcripts of all graduate work completed at the time of submitting the on-line application. The transcripts should show all the courses you took, whether or not within a degree program, the grades received, and the degrees earned.