PS A personal statement is not required. However, a personal statement may be submitted (attached to the online application or sent with or included in your portfolio). A statement is suggested for M. Arch. I applicants and other applicants to specialty programs. Fee The Graduate School requires a nonrefundable application fee of $80 domestic or $90 international. Transcript Unofficial and Official Transcripts: An "unofficial" transcript is a transcript or degree progress report that is issued to the student by their university's registrar; it may also be a transcript or degree progress print-out accessed by the student through their university's online student information system. Applicants are required to attach/upload such a document to their online application as a PDF. An "official" transcript is one sent .directly from the registrar of the applicant's prior institutions to Clemson University's Graduate School. If an applicant is offered admission and desires to matriculate, admission will be conditional until an official transcript is received. See additional information below. International Applicants: In your application we must receive a self-reported GPA (Grade Point Average, aka GPR, Grade Point Ratio) in the US 4.0 grading system. We will not make the calculations or conversion for you. Applications that do not provide a self-reported GPA in their application will be at a disadvantage and may be disqualified. For more information about undergraduate GPA calculations, here is an unofficial GPA calculator for self-reported scores. See also this unofficial self-reported GPA calculator from WES. Applications with incorrectly reported GPA scores may be disqualified and applicants/students who knowingly provide incorrect GPA scores will be dismissed from our program. Therefore, we request that you provide an unofficial copy of a transcript evaluation by WES (World Education Services) or another NACES-accredited evaluation service with your application. If offered admission, you may be required to supply a transcript and GPA certified by WES or another approved agency if this is not provided on your official transcript(s).