PS In a 1-2 page double-spaced essay, state your reason for undertaking graduate study in Public Administration and Policy. Convey how graduate study enhances your career plans. Also, discuss any substantial accomplishments, either collegiate, professional, or in the community, which cannot be inferred through other areas of your application. Finally, explicitly talk about your area of interest, such as nonprofit management or public finance, as this information directly impacts your advisor assignment if accepted to the public administration program. GPA The Department does not have an official minimum GPA. The average undergraduate GPA for accepted MPA students is 3.3-3.7 out of 4.0. Fee $75 Application Fee RL two letters of recommendation.Letters of recommendation may be submitted through the University's online application system. Once you have signed in to your online application, you will be asked to input the names and contact information of your recommenders. Your recommenders will then be contacted electronically and given a personal access code and password to log in to the system and enter their recommendation. If a recommender prefers to submit their letter of recommendation in hard copy, he or she should mail a sealed and signed official letter to the Graduate Admissions Office, including the Recommendation for Graduate Study Form. Transcript Official transcripts* of all graduate and undergraduate work to dateScanned copies of transcripts will not be accepted as official. Applications will not be reviewed without official copies of the transcripts.You may upload unofficial transcripts into the University's online application system. However, you must also send a sealed, official transcript to the Graduate Admissions Office. The transcript can come directly from the school or you can mail it (unopened) to the University. The street address for the Graduate Admissions Office is: 1400 Washington Ave., UAB 121, Albany, NY 12222