Deadlines

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Application Deadlines

Each college sets its own application deadline. Some colleges may have different deadlines for different programs, with some applications due as early as October of your senior year in high school.

Make sure you know the application plans at the colleges where you will apply and when the deadlines are:

  • Allow students to apply early and receive an early response from the college. 
    • You do not have to commit to the college until the May 1 deadline. 
    • Early action plans are nonbinding. 
    • The submission deadline for Early Action is often early in the fall. 
      • Standardized tests, if needed, must be taken by October to meet this deadline.

  •  Allow students to apply early and receive an early response from college, but the decision is binding — a student who is accepted as an early decision applicant must attend the college.  
    • Standardized tests, if needed, must be taken by October to meet this deadline.

  • The deadline date may be in December or January, and notifications are distributed before the end of March. 
    • Accepted students have until May 1 to make a decision.

  • There is no set deadline. 
    • You can apply anytime during the college's admissions period, typically September through July. 
    • Applications are reviewed as received. 
    • You should plan on applying as early as possible.

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