PS In lieu of the “statement of purpose”, please refer to the admission requirements of each department. M.F.A. applicants only should include in their statement of purpose a two-page introduction and critique of their work; the statement should give an insight into the scope and thoughtfulness of the work submitted and a sense of the student’s ability to contribute to the Writing Seminars program.Please note: The office of Graduate Admissions and Enrollment does not accept paper copies of the statement of purpose. Applicants are required to submit this document through the online application. The uploaded file cannot exceed 500KB in size. The document must also adhere to 1″ (inch) margins. Fee Non-refundable $75 application fee. RL In your Apply Yourself online application using your recommenders email addresses you will be able to request electronic letters of recommendations; and the Apply Yourself system is quite simple to use-it will simply solicit your recommender via their email account. They then only need to follow the instructions. We strongly recommend you use the Apply Yourself system. Do not mail in letters of recommendation. We are able to accept recommendation letters using the Interfolio system. Please use graduateadmissions@jhu.edu to have the letters sent to our office. Once the Office of Graduate Admissions and Enrollment receives the letter it will be added to your application. Please allow 14 business days processing time, do not mail letters of recommendation to our office. Transcript Obtain unofficial transcripts from your school(s) student account or Registrar’s office. To obtain your unofficial JHU transcripts: Go to http://isis.jhu.edu sign in, enter your JHED ID and password, go to Registration/My Grades and click on View Unofficial Transcript. If your transcripts are not issued in English you must submit documents in both the original language and English translation from a professional third party service. Please refer to this site for available services www.atanet.org. Some departments may not require translations, please check the department’s website for more information.