Official Transcript: May either be mailed to our office directly from the registrar, or sent in a sealed envelope bearing your university seal/stamp along with your application materials. Students applying for the regular decision deadline should submit a transcript with fall grades included. Transcripts may arrive separately from the rest of the application, but the application will remain incomplete until all items are received in our office.

Letters of Recommendation: You are required to submit two letters of recommendation written by deans or professors who can comment on your academic ability and personal character. However, you may submit additional letters from inviduals who know you outside of the academic setting. Letters may arrive separately from the rest of the application, but the application will remain incomplete until all items are received in our office. Please give your recommenders at least three weeks notice to get their letters to us.

Writing Samples: Your writing samples should demonstrate your ability to research a topic and write a paper conveying your findings. We encourage you to submit papers you have written in college-level courses that bear the grade and your professor's comments. Please send copies as you will not have the original returned to you.

Essay: Your essay should discuss America's greatest accomplishment and greatest failure since its founding. It should be no more than three pages, double-spaced. We do not expect these essays to be research papers - only expressions of your opinions.