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Graduate Application Process - Time Table

Junior year, Fall and Spring

  • Research areas of interest, institutions, and programs
  • Talk to advisors about application requirements
  • Register and prepare for appropriate graduate admissions
  • Investigate national scholarships

Junior year, Summer

  • Take required graduate admission test
  • Write for application materials
  • Visit institutions of interest if possible
  • Write application essay
  • Check on application deadlines and rolling admissions policies
  • For medical, dental, osteopathy, podiatry, or law school, you may need to register for the national application, or data assembly service most programs use

Senior year, Fall

  • Obtain letters of recommendation
  • Take graduate admission test if you haven't already
  • Send in completed application
  • Register for Graduate and Professional Schools Financial Aid Service (GAPSFAS) if required

Senior year, Spring

  • Check with all institutions before the deadline to make sure your file is complete
  • Visit the institutions that accept you
  • Send deposit to institution of your choice
  • Notify other colleges and universities that accepted you of your decision so they may admit students on their waiting list
  • Send thank you notes to the people who wrote your recommendation letters informing them of your success


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