Fee A non-refundable fee must accompany the submission of your application materials.The amount is $105 for domestic applicants, $125 for international applicants.Fee waivers for cases of hardship are available to US citizens and permanent residents. RL Three letters of recommendation are required. Additional letters will be reviewed, but will not help or hurt your application. All recommendation letters are required to be submitted electronically through the online application. You must register a minimum of three recommenders, and as many as five, via the Recommendations page of the online application. Transcript Official transcripts are not required at the time of application.Instead, you should upload a copy of your unofficial transcripts to your online application. This can either be a scanned version of your official transcript, or, if available, a downloaded PDF from your institution's online portal.If admitted, prior to enrollment at UC Santa Cruz you will need to request an official transcript to be sent to:UC Santa Cruz,Graduate Application Processing,1156 High Street,Santa Cruz, CA 95064.