Application Timeline
Junior Year, Fall and Spring
- Research areas of interest, institutions, and programs.
- Talk to advisors about application requirements.
- Register and prepare for appropriate graduate admission tests. (Be sure to verify registration deadlines. )
- Investigate national scholarships.
Junior Year, Summer
- Take required graduate admission tests. (See topic option for specific information on standardized tests.)
- Write for application materials.
- If possible, visit institutions of interest.
- Write your application essay/statement of purpose.
Senior Year, Fall
- Obtain letters of recommendation.
- Take graduate admission tests if you haven't already, or for a second time.
- Talk with graduate school admissions representatives when they visit campus.
- Send in completed applications.
Senior Year, Spring
- Register for Graduate and Professional School Financial Aid Services.
- Check with all institutions before the application deadline, ensuring a complete file.
- Visit institutions that accept you.
- Send a deposit to your institution of choice.
- Notify other colleges and universities of your decision so that they may admit students on their waiting lists.
- Send thank you notes to people who wrote your recommendation letters and inform them of your success.