PS All applicants are required to submit a personal statement regarding their interests and/or intended areas of study. Some programs ask applicants to address specific questions in their personal statements. Please review the listings for the Ph.D. or master’s program in which you are interested for details. Fee The cost for a SOPHAS application is $135 for the first school or program to which you apply. RL The Graduate School requires three (3) letters of recommendation by persons well qualified to speak from first-hand knowledge about the applicant's potential for graduate study. Transcript Transcripts can be submitted through SOPHAS. Applicants who have attended international institutions must submit transcripts or certified attestations of study, with certified English translations. (Details on how to send transcripts can be found here on the SOPHAS website). Note: For foreign institutions SOPHAS will only accept evaluations obtained from World Education Services (WES ICAP). SOPHAS cannot accept any documents other than the WES ICAP evaluation. For more information on applying as an international applicant, visit www.my.sophas.org