»Winter Break FAQs

• If you received a merit award that should already be included in your Application Status Page (a link will be at the bottom of your decision letter).
• To be considered for need-based aid, you must submit a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).
• You can learn more about the timeline for receiving your financial aid offer in our Financial Aid Notification Timelines page.

You can visit our Admitted Students website for a listing of events, including those open for registration and those where registration will open soon.

Note that Preview Day, our campus-wide open house, will be on Saturday, April 11.

You can accept or decline admission in your Application Status Page.

To secure a spot in your admitted class, you will also need to pay the $400 non-refundable deposit.

• First-year students admitted to the fall have a deposit deadline of May 1. (However, Early Decision admitted students have until January 10.)
• Transfer students admitted to the fall have a priority deposit deadline of June 1.

Supplemental materials (such as letters of recommendation, transcripts, TOFEL/IELTS/Duolingo scores, SAT/ACT test scores, etc.) can be submitted after the January 15 deadline. Please have these items submitted as soon as possible so we can begin reviewing your application. Files will not move forward for review until they are complete.

Please allow us 1-2 weeks to process your document once it has been received by our office (although items received over the holiday break may take longer to process). This timeline will not negatively impact your application.

We have a page that can help you troubleshoot uploading your Creative Supplement.

Your Common Application must be submitted first. Around 24-48 hours after your Common Application has been submitted, you will receive log-in information for our Application Status Page. You will be able to submit your Creative Supplement in your Application Status Page.

You should have gotten an email with a temporary pin to login (it would have been sent 24-48 hours after you applied).