PS Statement of Purpose. Please cater your statement of purpose to the program of study to which you are applying by addressing the relevant questions below: CV Resume/Vita. Be sure to include your educational background, work experiences, professional certifications, professional memberships, publications, and references. Fee Domestic applicants (U.S. citizens or resident aliens) must pay a $65 application fee; international applicants must pay a $75 fee. RL Letters of Recommendation. Two letters of reference are required. Transcript Students seeking admission to the Graduate School must have obtained a baccalaureate degree, prior to the start of the term for which s/he is admitted, from a fully accredited U.S. institution of higher learning or from a recognized foreign institution. An accredited U.S. institution is one that is accredited by the appropriate regional agency (Middle States, New England, North Central, Northwest, Southern or Western Association of Colleges and Schools). A recognized foreign institution is an institution that is recognized by that nation's Ministry of Education or similar authority as a postsecondary, academic degree-granting institution.