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Supporting Materials

Your supporting materials consist of six items, all of which are submitted on-line.

1. CV / Resume.

2. Departmental Form that summarizes the six most advanced courses you have completed in both economics and mathematics at a university or college. You can download this form in PDF or Word format.

• If you cannot print out this form, then it is acceptable if you create your form which contains the same information in a similar format.
• List only courses that have been already graded, and not courses that you are currently taking, or are planning to take.
• In the first five columns you should fill in the course number, title, the school at which it was taken, date of completion, and grade exactly as they appear on your transcript.
• In the sixth column, mention the main textbook for the course, if there was such a text (it is enough to write the author(s) name(s) and the first few words of the title as space permits).
• If you have taken more than six courses in any of these disciplines, pick the six most advanced ones (but ensure that you mention core courses in intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics and econometrics).
• If you are taking very "substantial" courses during the Fall term and do not have the grades in time to be included in this form application, you may send an updated version of the form as an e-mail attachment to econphd@northwestern.edu after you know your grade. By substantial courses we mean advanced math courses such as Real Analysis or graduate economics courses.
• If your Fall courses are standard economics courses of a similar level to those you have taken before, there is no need to report their results after submitting the application.

You should include this form as the final page of your CV / Resume, that is submitted as part of your on-line application.

3. Statement of Purpose.

4. Scanned Copies of GRE, and (if necessary) TOEFL/IELTS results. If you have already received your GRE and TOEFL/IELTS results, scan the results and upload them as part of your on-line application. More details on these tests are described in Steps 3 and 4 of the applications process. If you receive your results after you submitted your initial application, you can return to your on-line application and upload your results. Results should be submitted by the December 15 deadline. Note that the University verifies your results based on information provided directly to the University from the testing companies.

5. Scanned Copy of your Transcript(s). An official transcript is required from each institution attended. Transcripts must bear the registrar's signature or official seal to be considered official and acceptable. Scan the transcripts(s) and upload them as part of your on-line application. If you untimately enroll at Northwestern, you will be asked to supply the University with an official hard copy of your transcript(s).

6. Letters of Recommendation. Recommendations are submitted directly on-line by your recommenders. Please indicate e-mail addresses of your recommenders as part of your application. Once your have submitted your application, an email will be sent by the University to the recommender with an access code and instructions on how to proceed with the online recommendation. When the recommender submits their letter to the University it will become a part of your application. You can view the status of your online recommendations each time you log into your application account.