PS Personal Statement is required Fee Application Fee: The application fee is $75 in U.S. funds as of December 1, 2006. Please pay the application fee on-line as you finish your application. This fee will not be waived. RL Recommendation Letters: three letters of recommendation are also required. Generally they are from former employers or former professors. Once you fill out an application the recommenders are e-mailed instructions on how they have to upload the recommendation letter. Transcript Transcripts and Proof of Degree, in English, certified. Unofficial transcripts showing all coursework must be uploaded to the on-line application for review purposes. For international applicants, proof of degree conferral will need to be provided once you get here. Please bring official transcripts that show degree conferred and the date of conferral. Domestic applicants will have to have all official transcripts sent to the department that show the degree is conferred no later than three weeks prior to the start of the semester admitted. Also note that any transfer coursework transcripts used toward the degree must also be sent no later than three weeks prior to the start of the semester admitted as well.