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If you are
applying for a fellowship, the deadline for completed applications
is now December 15, 2008.
Please note that the only internal source of financial
aid for first-year students is in the form of fellowships. No
first-year student may be a TA or an RA. No additional
financial aid form is necessary to be considered for these fellowships.
You are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Because of the
volume of applications received, the incoming class is often filled,
and applications for Fall 2009 may not be considered if received
after March 1, 2009.
The University prefers applicants utilize the new Apply Yourself, a Web-based Electronic Application. This application
is being accepted by many of Penn's Graduate Schools and has replaced the paper version. Though the Graduate School will still accept the paper version if this is your only option. The advantages to using the on-line
application are numerous. You may access your application any number
of times until you submit the application to us, and once your application
has been submitted, you yourself will be able to check its status
and note the receipt of supporting documentation. Applicants can
avoid costly long-distance calls. In Apply Yourself an applicant can down load all the required documents onto the system. Recommenders can download their recommendation letters themselves if you check off "on-line" and the applicant can download their personal statement. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences still requires that two official copies of your transcript be sent to the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Division, School of Arts and Sciences, 3401 Walnut Street, Suite 322A, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228, directly from your instite. However, this year you will have the option of also downloading a copy of your transcript on your on-line application. This will aleviate the December 15, 2008 deadline as well as insuring that we have a copy of your transcript for the Admission Committee to review. With 3000 applications and their materials arriving each year to GAS, it takes some time for the transcripts to make it to the Department of Economics. Finally, a writing sample is not required, but if you wish to send a writing sample to add to your application, then please mail it separately to Kelly Quinn, Department of Economics, 3718 Locust Walk, 160 McNeil Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6297.
Application fees:
For applications fees please check the last information
here
Apply
International
Applicants
If you are not a U.S. citizen, or permanent resident, certain special
instructions apply to you.
- Applicants from outside the United States should use
Apply Yourself (electronic application) to expedite the application process. If
this is not possible, and paper application forms are required,
you can download them yourself (see web link above) which is the fastest, most efficient way of receiving a paper application or request to have paper applications sent by the Department of Economics by simply sending an email to Kelly A. Quinn kquinn@econ.upenn.edu.
- International applicants may pay the application fee by using a MasterCard or Visa credit card. You will see this option in the "ApplyYourself" on-line application. If an International student wishes to pay by check, then they must send an international postal money
order as payment of the application fee. Checks drawn on a foreign bank
will be returned and the processing of the application will be
delayed. We regret that application fee waivers are not
available.
- The Office
of the Graduate Division of the School of Arts and Sciences
will provide immigration forms for the necessary visas; students
who have been accepted for admission need to contact the office
if they do not receive these forms.
- Upon application for admission, your name will be forwarded
to the University's Office
of International Programs in order that they can provide you
with other information relevant to foreign students.
GRE and
TOEFL scores
These scores are now received electronically
from the testing services. Please use the following codes to identify
you as a Penn applicant.
- The Institution Code for the GRE
is 2926. The Economics Department code is 1801.
- The Institution Code for the TOEFL
is 2926. The Economics Department code is 84.
Use of the "department code" is no longer critical;
we will be able to find your scores by your last name and birthdate.
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