PS Personal Statement of Purpose: This document should tell your program’s admissions committee everything you would like to discuss in a personal interview. You should include your reasons for undertaking graduate work, your ultimate plans, and how you happened to select your desired field. Details about your preparation, your strengths and weaknesses as a student, any academic honors, scholarships, or fellowships you have received, will all be helpful. You should consult any website(s) maintained by the graduate program to which you applying; these often list additional components that are of particular interest to that program (i.e. your choice of graduate advisor and a rationale for it). The committee wants to know information about you that cannot be expressed quantitatively. GPA A cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 for your entire undergraduate career or A grade-point average of at least 3.0 for your last two undergraduate years or Exceptional work in your entire final undergraduate year (3.5 or better) Graduate work with a minimum grade-point average of 3.0 or better even if the undergraduate grade-point average meets the above criteria. Fee Complete and submit your online application. You will be asked to provide a valid credit card for payment of the application fee ($75) when you submit your application. RL Three letters of reference (electronic submission of recommendation letters is preferred) Transcript Upload transcripts and appropriate required documentation from the school where you received your bachelor’s degree and any courses taken beyond regardless of whether a degree was received..After submitting your application please request an official transcript from each college/university you attended and have it mailed to: University of Connecticut Graduate School, Unit 1152 438 Whitney Road Extension Storrs, CT 06269-1152