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.