Freshmen Application Options & Deadlines
Freshmen choose from among three application options - Early Decision, Early Action or Regular Decision
| Early Decision | |||
| Early Decision is our early, binding application option. Students who apply under Early Decision typically do so because UM is their first choice school. Students who are accepted through Early Decision are expected to attend UM. Accepted Early Decision students are expected to withdraw all other college applications and submit their enrollment deposit by mid-January. |
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| Early Action | |||
| Early Action is our early, non-binding application option. Early Action is ideal for students who are seriously considering UM, but they would also like to keep their options open and receive admission decisions from other schools. Accepted Early Action students receive their admission and academic scholarship decisions in February and have until May 1 (the national reply date for colleges/universities) to make their final decision and submit their enrollment deposit. |
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| Regular Decision | |||
| Regular Decision is the standard application option. All music and Theatre B.F.A. applicants are required to apply under Regular Decision because of the audition component of their admission process. |
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| Special Deadlines | |||
| >All dual-degree honors programs applications are due November 1. Click here for more information on applying to a dual-degree program. >Frost School of Music deadlines begin December 1. Click here for more information. > Please Note: Candidates for the Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music and the Department of Theatre B.F.A. degree may only apply via the Regular Decision option for the fall semester. |
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Your deadlines depend upon your application option. Please select your application option:
| Early Decision Applicants Fall Admission |
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| November 1 November 15 Mid December January 15 February 1 |
> Application for Undergraduate Admission Due (postmarked by this date) |
| Early Action Applicants Fall Admission |
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| November 1 | > Application for Undergraduate Admission Due (postmarked by this date) |
Early February |
> Notification of Admission Decisions and Academic Scholarship Awards |
| Regular Decision Applicants Fall Admission |
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| January 1 | > Application for Undergraduate Admission Due |
| February 1 | > FAFSA Due (Financial Aid Application) |
| April 15 | > Notification of Admission Decisions and Academic Scholarship Awards |
| May 1 | > Enrollment deposit due |
| Spring Admission | |
| November 1 November 1 |
> Application for Undergraduate Admission Due > FAFSA Due (Financial Aid Application) |
| December 15 December 1 |
> Notification of Admission Decisions (no academic scholarships awarded for Spring enrollment) > Enrollment deposit due (date specified in acceptance letter) |
