PS General instructions (though some programs may have other guidelines): Please describe your post-graduation career plans. How will your education, experience, and development to date help support those plans? How will this graduate program help you to attain your goals? Preferred length is around 500 words. Statements may be entered directly into the online application or can be separately emailed as a Word document or PDF to umd-gradadmissions@umich.edu.  (This email should be used only to submit admission materials. Please email umd-graduatestudies@umich.edu with all other messages, especially those requiring action or response by our office). CV Please include education information; work experience; research, teaching, or internship experience; professional affiliations, volunteer activities; community engagement; and relevant honors or awards. Fee Submission of an online application requires payment of a $60 application fee. The application fee is nonrefundable and cannot be credited toward tuition or any other fees.The application fee can be paid by credit or debit card (Visa, Mastercard or Discover).  Temporary fee waiver in effect: Please note that the College of Business is currently waiving the $60 application fee for all applications submitted. RL Complete your portion of the required form and share with your recommender(s). Please contact your program if you have questions about who to ask to complete your recommendations.  Your recommender(s) must submit the completed form and accompanying letter of support directly to Graduate Admissions. Your recommender(s) may submit in one of the following ways: Email directly to umd-gradadmissions@umich.edu Provide you with a signed and sealed envelope containing both completed form and accompanying letter, to be mailed to the Office of Graduate Studies with your other gathered materials   The number of recommendations required by college is listed below.  If you do not know where your program of interest is housed, please review our graduate programs offered by college.  College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters (CASL): 3* College of Business (COB): 1  College of Education, Health, and Human Services (CEHHS): 3 College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS): 2 for master’s level; 3 for doctoral level   *Current UM-Dearborn undergraduate students eligible for the 4+1 option in the MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice (CCJ) program are only required to submit 1 recommendation from CCJ faculty.  Transcript The University of Michigan-Dearborn has its own graduate admissions office, but we follow Rackham Graduate School's criteria for determining U.S. degree equivalency. For guidelines on the types of degrees accepted and documentation required by country/region, please visit Rackham's Required Academic Credentials from Non-U.S. Institutions. Do not send documentation to Rackham. All graduate applications to programs offered through the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus are processed here.  Send transcripts or drop off in person to:  Office of Graduate Studies  4901 Evergreen Road 1055 Administration Building Dearborn, MI 48128-2406