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You must submit all applicable, official transcripts (undergraduate & graduate).
Your transcript(s) must meet the following criteria:
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.
Personal Statement:
You must also submit a Statement of Purpose Letter (Personal Statement).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.