Application Timeline

Junior Year (Fall & Spring)

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

Junior Year (Summer)

• Take required graduate school admissions test(s)
  
• Visit school websites to download application materials
  
• Visit institutions of interest, if possible
  
• Write application essays
  
• Verify application deadlines and rolling admission policies
  

Senior Year (Fall)

• Obtain letters of recommendation (allow writers at least two weeks to prepare letters)
  
• Take graduate admissions test if you haven't already
  
• Mail completed applications
  

Senior Year (Spring)

• Check with all institutions before the deadline to make sure your admission file is complete
  
• Visit institutions that offer acceptance
  
• Send thank-you notes to people who wrote recommendation letters, informing them of your success