PS Please address the following questions: Why do you wish to do graduate work in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences? What attracts you to our doctoral program in particular? Describe your academic interests, including the type of research that you are interested in pursuing. What are your major career goals after completing your study at Carnegie Mellon University? CV Resume or CV is required Fee We accept only credit card payments for the $55 application fee. Instructions will be given when you submit your application. RL make sure that you typed the correct email address, and then ask them to check their spam filters. If the email request or reminders cannot be found, please ask them to send their letters in pdf format to sds-phd-apply@andrew.cmu.edu. They must put: Upload recommendation letter for (your name) in the subject line. This should only be used as a last resort. Uploads will not be completed here until after the deadline and our offices are closed between the Christmas and New Year holidays. Transcript official transcripts of all college or university work to date.Transcripts: Although you will upload an unofficial copy of your transcripts, you are required to send us official transcripts through the postal mail. Transcripts must arrive in the original, sealed university envelopes with the registrar's signature/stamp across the seal of the envelope. If transcripts are sent open or in unsealed envelopes, they will not be considered official.