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Undergraduate Admissions Calendar
Stay organised with our Undergraduate Admissions Calendar—your comprehensive guide to key milestones for applications to the US, UK, Canada, Singapore, and Indian liberal arts universities.
MARCH
- Begin drafting your Common Application Essay for US universities.
APRIL
- Initiate your preliminary college selection process: research colleges, define selection criteria, and plan Early Decision/Early Action/Restrictive Early Action (ED/EA/REA) strategies.
- Start drafting your UCAS Personal Statement for UK universities.
- Compile your preliminary Activity List, outlining activities, projects, and accomplishments for your application.
- Identify recommenders and prepare brag sheets for your Letters of Recommendation (LORs).
MAY
- UCAS undergraduate application opens.
- Begin drafting your University of California (UC) Personal Insight Questions (PIQs).
- Take any scheduled AP exams.
JULY
- Finalise your Common Application Essay, early college choices, and LORs/brag sheets.
AUGUST
- August 1: Official opening of the Common Application (including supplemental essay prompts), Coalition Application, and UC Application.
SEPTEMBER
- Finalise your UCAS Personal Statement.
- HKUST (Hong Kong) application officially opens.
OCTOBER
- Register for Oxford and Cambridge pre-interview assessments (e.g., Thinking Skills Assessment).
- Register for US Early Round alumni interviews.
- Prepare for interviews:
- UK: Focus on technical and academic skills.
- US: Enhance self-presentation and interpersonal communication for alumni interviews.
- Begin preparation for UK entry examinations.
- Applications for NUS and NTU (Singapore) are officially open.
- Canadian Colleges application opens early October.
- Key deadlines:
- October 15: Official UCAS deadline for Oxford and Cambridge.
- Early Action/Decision deadlines for some US universities (e.g., Georgia Tech for Georgia residents) and art portfolios.
NOVEMBER
- November 1: Early Action/Decision/Restrictive Early Action (EA/ED/REA) deadline for most US universities.
- HKU early deadline.
- Official opening of the application for Indian liberal arts universities (e.g., Ashoka, Krea).
- November 30: University of California application deadline (beware of portal crashes close to the deadline).
- Canadian Colleges’ early applications and considerations.
DECEMBER
- December 1: Deadline for most US public universities (e.g., UT Austin) and scholarship deadlines for several universities (e.g., Dartmouth, BU, USC, Claremont McKenna).
- Mid-December: Most private REA/ED admissions results announced.
- Canadian Colleges require some supplemental applications.
JANUARY
- January 1-15: Regular Decision deadlines for most US universities.
- Submit Letters of Continued Interest (LOCI) for deferred applications.
- Ongoing US Regular Decision alumni interviews.
- Key deadlines and announcements:
- HKUST main round deadline.
- Canadian university application deadlines.
- Early Action/Decision results (e.g., Michigan, Georgia Tech, UIUC).
- Oxbridge admissions results announced.
- January 31: UCAS regular deadline for most UK undergraduate courses.
- Mid-January: Several Canadian Colleges’ final deadlines.
FEBRUARY
- Continue US alumni interviews.
- Admissions results for select US universities announced (e.g., UIUC).
- Key deadlines for NUS (Singapore): February.
MARCH
- Regular Decision results announced for most US universities (e.g., UC, Ivy League, Stanford).
- NTU (Singapore) application deadline.
APRIL
- Ashoka University Round 3 deadline.
MAY
- May 1: Deadline to commit to your chosen US university and submit your deposit.
- Final decisions to be made for Canadian colleges.
JUNE
- Popular deadline for Indian Liberal arts colleges.
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER
- Matriculation begins at most universities.
Important Notes
- Submit all standardised test scores (SAT/ACT) at least two weeks before application deadlines.
- English proficiency test scores must be submitted by specific university deadlines.
- UCAS and Canadian application deadlines and admissions notifications vary (no standard timeline).
- This timeline ensures you stay on track for a successful undergraduate application process!
Best US Colleges for Popular Majors (Source: US News)
Discover the best US colleges for Popular Majors—from STEM to humanities and more—featuring top programmes in:
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Computer Science
- Stanford University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of California, Berkeley
- Princeton University
Economics
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Princeton University
- Stanford University
- University of Chicago
- Harvard University
Business
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- New York University
- Carnegie Mellon University
Engineering
- Georgia Tech
- California Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Psychology
- Harvard University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Yale University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
Physics
- California Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
- University of California, Berkeley
- Princeton University
- University of Chicago
Mathematics
- Stanford University
- Duke University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Harvard University
- Columbia University
Pre-med/ Biology
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Stanford University
- University of Oxford
- University of Cambridge
English Language & Literature
- Yale University
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Brown University
- Northwestern University
- University of Pennsylvania
