FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR

Talk to your adviser and make appropriate curricular decision.

JUNIOR YEAR

Fall and Spring

• Research areas of interest, institutions, programs and specializations
• Talk to your adviser or an interested professor about application requirements
• Research and prepare for appropriate graduate admission tests
• If appropriate, obtain letters of recommendation
• Seek opportunities to tutor, do research, or intern
• Investigate national scholarships

Summer

• Take required graduate admission tests
• Write for application materials
• Visit institutions of interest, if possible
• Write your application essay
• Check on application deadlines and rolling admission policies

SENIOR YEAR

Fall

• Obtain letters of recommendation
• Take or retake graduate admission tests if you haven’t already
• Send in completed applications

Spring

• Register for Graduate and Professional School Financial Aid Service (GAPSFAS), if appropriate
• Check with each institution before the deadline to make sure your file is complete
• Visit institutions that accept you
• Send a deposit to your institution of choice
• Notify other colleges and universities that accepted you of your decision so that they may admit students on their waiting list
• Send thank-you notes to people who wrote your recommendation letters, informing them of your success