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Immediately

Please Send:

• The Common Application or Universal Application
• $65.00 application fee or a fee waiver request.

Without your Common Application/Universal Application, we cannot open your admission file, track supporting documents for your application, or send your name to our alumni/ae for a possible interview in your area.

The Short Answer about one of your activities, the Personal Essay and the Harvard Supplement may be sent at a later date. NOTE: After you have submitted an application through either the Common Application or Universal Application website, you are no longer able to edit your on-line application. Therefore you must mail your Short Answer, Personal Essay and Harvard Supplement if you choose to submit them separately.

December 1

We will begin our careful evaluation process on this date, reading applications in the order in which they are completed.

Our alumni/ae interviewers will appreciate your sending at least the Common Application/Universal Application by this date to allow them to begin the interviewing process in areas where this is possible.

We recognize that you and your secondary school teachers and counselors may have many commitments that may preclude December 1 submission of your admission materials. If so, please be assured that you will not be penalized in any way.

January 1

Final Deadline (postmark). Final postmark deadline for Common Application/Universal Application, Harvard Application Supplement, Personal Statement, School Report, and Teacher Evaluations.

Additional Dates to Consider

January 24, 2009

Last SAT I and SAT II testing date for candidates.

February 1

Notify the Admissions Office if you have not received an email acknowledging your application.

February 7, 2009

Last ACT testing date for candidates. Note that the February test date is not available in New York.

March 1

Financial Aid Deadline. If you will need financial assistance, file the latest PROFILE with the College Scholarship Service (CSS) and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The CSS code is 3434; the FAFSA code is E00468. All financial aid applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. must submit Harvard's Financial Statement for Students from Foreign Countries instead of the PROFILE and FAFSA. For more information, please see the Financial Aid website.

Early April

Decision letters mailed.

May 1 (all applicants)

Reply date for admitted students. No deposit required.