Instructions for Graduate Division Online Application
Application deadline: Midnight (PST) December 8, 2009Graduate Division Online Application
Do not send hardcopies of forms submitted online.
Instructions for Supporting Documents
Supporting documents deadline: December 8, 2009If possible, mail all supporting documents together in one package. If necessary, you may send letters of recommendation, GRE or TOEFL results, and transcripts under seperate cover. All supporting documents must be received by December 8, 2009. Please be aware that the campus is closed between Christmas and New Years and no special postal deliveries will be received during this time. Regular mail and Federal Express will be held until our return. All other mail services may return packages to the sender if they arrive at the time of the campus shutdown.
Required Supporting Documents:
- Official Transcripts
- 3 Letters of Recommendation
- GRE Scores
- TOEFL Scores(if applicable)
Optional Supporting Documents:
Send all supporting documents to:
Economics Graduate Office
541 Evans Hall #3880
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
Fax: 510-642-6615
Form A
For Emphasis 1 and Emphasis 2 YOU MUST list two fields that you are interested in pursuing from the list of available fields on the Year 2 page.
Form B
The department does not require you to list faculty you have contacted or expect to contact concerning your application for admission and, in fact, discourages prospective students from contacting faculty prior to being admitted.
The department does not require you to list faculty in the department whose research is of particular interest to you, though this information is helpful if you know it.
It is required that you list your Cumulative GPA, all coursework after the first two years and your Major GPA as well as your Graduate GPA, if applicable. It is not required that you list your Upper Division GPA.
Form C
If you are a US Citizen or permanent resident you must complete Form C to be considered for fellowships. Please make sure to list all of your current and/or pending financial resources i.e. external fellowships, grants, loans and personal savings.
Form D
Students applying to the Ph.D. program in Economics are typically not eligible for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships.
Form E
If you are not a US citizen or permanent resident you must complete Form E to be considered for fellowships. Please make sure to list all of your current and/or pending financial resources i.e. external fellowships, grants, loans and personal savings.
Form F
You must submit both F1, the Statement of Purpose and F2, the Personal History Statement online. For information you consider to be special circumstances such as illness, personal hardships, parents status, etc.please write this in your Personal History statement. Each statement should not be any longer than 3 pages in length. Do NOT send hardcopies of F1 and F2 along with your supporting documents.
Form G
Please request that your letter writers complete Form G through the online letters of recommendation system via the Graduate Application.
Offical Transcripts
Send 1 set of official transcripts in sealed envelopes from the registrar's office of your university for any course work taken and listed on Form A of the Graduate Division Application. All transcripts should show courses, grades, and dates the courses were taken. Applicants whose degree was not conferred or important grades not available by the time of application must send updated official transcripts showing this information as soon as it becomes available.
International students must submit transcripts, degree certificates, diplomas, etc. in the original language accompanied by a translation. We accept translations from proper school officials and from government and/or official translators. The translator's statement must be prepared on the letterhead of the translator's institution and must state "This is a complete and exact word-for-word translation of the original." Every page must be signed in ink with the translator's title and, if possible, the seal or stamp of their institution. Stamps and signatures must be originals. International students with a different grading system should not try to convert their grades into US standard grades.
Letters of Recommendation
We require three (3) letters of recommendation from professors who know your academic history. Letters from non-academic sources (employers) may be submitted. Your recommenders should complete Form G through the online letter of recommendation system via the Graduate Application.
GRE Test Scores
| Institution Code: | 4833 |
| Dept Code: | 1801 |
All students must submit test scores for the General GRE. We do not require the subject GRE. The GRE's may not be substituted with the GMAT. Tests should be taken in October, but no later than December. Students with scores below 760 on the Quantitative portion of the GRE should retake the test. Scores from tests taken before October 2004 are no longer valid. If you took the GRE between October 2004 and the time of application, you need to order the reports to be sent to the department. Make sure that the institution and department codes are correct when ordering reports to be sent. The department keeps GRE reports for two years. Reports sent in 2007 are no longer available. When you receive the score report, please forward a copy to the Department of Economics. Do not wait for the report and delay the mailing of your application materials. Also, do not rely on ETS to send the reports on time. To insure timely receipt of GRE scores please Fed-Ex or fax them to us as soon as you receive them.
TOEFL Test Scores
| Institution Code: 4833 |
All applicants who received their degree from an institution in a non-English speaking country are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). This includes US citizens who received their degree abroad even if they attended highschool in the US. You do NOT have to take the test if you received your degree from a US institution or if at the time of application you completed one full year of study in a US institution or an institution in an English speaking country. For purposes of admission, your most recent score must be at least 570 for the paper-and-pencil test or at least 230 for the computer-based test, or at least 68 for the Internet-based test (iBT). If your score is below these scores you must retake the TOEFL. The Graduate Division makes no exception to this policy. The TOEFL cannot be substituted with the TSE or English courses. Scores from tests taken before June 2007 are no longer valid. ETS does not send the department paper scores for the TOEFL so be sure to include a copy of the TOEFL report with your application or send us a copy as soon as you receive the scores. To insure timely receipt of TOEFL scores please Fed-Ex or fax them to us as soon as you receive them.
Optional Supporting Documents
While you are not required to do so, you may include a resume and/or writing sample in your application. You must submit the optional supporting documents VIA MAIL ONLY. We will not accept these items via email.