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 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) 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. Transcript Please note: Official transcripts become University property and are destroyed after one (1) calendar year. This excludes international transcripts, which have the following cover sheet.pdf sent with them. (This cover sheet can ONLY be used for international transcripts.)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