PS Your statement of purpose should discuss your potential research area or topic and its relationship to an Annenberg School for Communication faculty member, research center, or lab. Please describe in detail how your academic and professional background, interests, and preparation in the social sciences, the humanities, and other studies support your research topic. The statement should also address the question of what career objectives an Annenberg degree would help you realize. The statement should be double spaced and must not exceed 1,000 words. CV A CV or Resume should include references to major research projects, a thesis, and other scholarly papers and accomplishments. The file should be a Word or Adobe pdf file. You will attach it to the online application. Fee $70 Application Fee RL Letters should come from individuals who are familiar with your academic abilities and scholarly work. Please submit no more than three letters. Annenberg’s online application system will generate a request for a recommendation letter. It will be sent from your email address to your recommender. Please have each recommender's contact information (including email address and phone number) ready when you log on to begin your application. Please ask each recommender to submit your letter as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF document. However, if any of your recommenders prefers to provide a hard copy letter instead of using email, please request that the document be mailed to our admissions office before the December 15 deadline. Our mailing address is: The Annenberg School for Communication Admissions Office University of Pennsylvania 3620 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6220 Transcript Applicants may scan and attach student copies of academic transcripts to the application. If you are currently taking classes you will not need to send us an updated transcript once your grades are submitted. One official transcript of all undergraduate and graduate work will be required if you are offered admission to the program. An offer of admission will be contingent upon verification of student records with official transcripts from your institutions. Only graduates of a college or university will be admitted to the Annenberg School graduate program.