Transcript: Applicants must submit one official, sealed copy of transcripts of all college-level work. Transcripts must be received from every undergraduate and graduate institution that the applicant has attended. This includes community colleges, summer sessions, and extension programs. Even if credits from one institution have transferred and appear on another institution’s transcript, the program will still need to receive the original transcript where the credits first appeared. Applicants who have attended UCI must request an official, sealed transcript; the program cannot obtain them on the applicant’s behalf. All transcripts must be issued by the applicant’s previous institution’s Registrar’s Office. The Programs in Writing must receive the transcripts in the original sealed envelope. The Programs in Writing cannot accept any copied, faxed, emailed, or opened transcripts. Transcripts will be accepted if mailed directly from the Institution or from the applicant. As long as the seal is not broken. Transcripts can arrive after the deadline. Personal Statement: There will be a section for the Statement of Purpose on the University Electronic Application. The Statement of Purpose is an essay in which the applicant should try to articulate his or her ideas about the value of writing as well as to express how and why the Programs in Writing and its faculty may help with the realization of his or her vocational goals. Suggested length is 500 to 1000 words. Recommendation Letter: A total of three letters of recommendation are required and they can be submitted electronically or in hard copy. (Please see below for hard copy instructions.) Electronic letters of recommendation can be set up through the University Electronic Application. Applicants will input the email addresses of their recommenders, and the recommenders will be emailed a link that explains how to upload an electronic letter of recommendation. If needed, applicants can resend their recommenders this link by logging in to the Application Progress Review. For more assistance, applicants can contact UCI Graduate Division at Webmaster@grad.uci.edu. Electronic letters of recommendation can be submitted after the application has been submitted. Letters of Recommendation can arrive after the deadline. Personal History Statement : For applicants who are US Citizens or US Permanent Residents, there will be a section for the Personal History Statement on the University Electronic Application. Applicants must first complete the Residency section of the application in order for the Personal History section to appear. The Personal History Statement is about the applicant’s personal background. Applicants may include information about their upbringing, family, culture, socio-economic background, or any personal experiences and challenges. Applicants may also wish to describe how they might contribute to social or cultural diversity within their chosen field of study. The Personal History Statement is used by UCI Graduate Division to help determine whether an applicant is eligible for a fee waiver or a diversity fellowship. There is a 1200 word limit. Autobiographical Statement: 500 to 1000 words, double-spaced, in 12-point font, stapled or paper-clipped with full name and page numbers on it. Please no colored paper and no fancy fonts. (Please, no Courier/Courier New font.) The Autobiographical Statement is a self-portrait of the applicant as a writer and as a person. It may include the influence of favorite writers or teachers as well as personal experiences and information about how the practice of writing became important to the applicant’s life. Please note that the Personal History Statement, the Statement of Purpose, and the Autobiographical Statement are three separate statements. It is fine if information in the three statements overlap.

学位要求：Bachelor 申请链接：https://www.humanities.uci.edu/english/graduate/mfa_apply.php 招生电话：(949) 824-6712 招生邮箱：english@uci.edu 邮寄地址：University of California, Irvine, Graduate Division - Transcripts, 120 Aldrich Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-3180