Application Timeline

SPRING (in the year you are applying)

• Conduct research on graduate schools
• Talk to professors and other mentors about your interests
• Study for and take the required admission test
• Open an Interfolio credentials account (http://www.interfolio.com)
• Select letter of recommendation writers

SUMMER

• Study for and take the required admission test if necessary
• Request application forms and brochures from graduate schools
• Research, visit, and select graduate schools (note application deadlines)
• Prepare several versions of a statement of purpose and/or personal statement
• Check-in with letter of recommendation writers on progress

FALL

• Study for and take the required admission test if necessary
• Participate in the Career Services Graduate School Visits Program
• Informational meetings with admissions officers representing various graduate schools
• Attend Career Services workshops
• Make a short list of graduate schools
• Check online to see that your Credential File is complete. Mail letters directly to graduate schools through Interfolio.
• Complete and submit your applications and all supporting materials four to six weeks prior to stated deadlines

WINTER

• Confirm that your application file is complete, including letters of recommendation
• File your financial aid applications

SPRING

• Pay deposit by graduate school deadline