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Self-Managed Applications (Optional)

An applicant may choose to collect all required application materials himself or herself and submit them together to the Graduate School Office (with the exception of admissions test scores, which must be sent directly from the test service). The applicant should request official transcripts from all institutions where undergraduate or graduate course work has been completed. The official transcripts should be sent to the applicant in a sealed envelope bearing the institution's return address with the Registrar's signature or stamp across the back flap. The applicant should request that each of the three references send the completed recommendation form directly to the applicant in a sealed envelope, with the reference's signature across the back flap. The applicant should submit:

• the completed application data sheet,

• statement of purpose form,

• transcripts (in the original, sealed envelopes),

• letters of recommendation (in the original, sealed envelopes),

• and the online application fee of $30 ($35 for paper application)

together and mail all materials in one large envelope to:

The University of Alabama
Graduate School
P.O. Box 870118
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0118

Self-managed applications allow the applicant himself or herself to ensure that all required materials reach the Graduate School Office by the deadline.