Requirements & Deadlines

Requirements and Application Deadlines

 

Application Type

Supplement 

Common Application

Notification Date

Early Decision I

November 15

November 15

mid- December

Financial Aid Candidates should file CSS Profile by Nov. 15

Early Decision II

January 1

January 1

mid - February

Financial Aid Candidates should file CSS Profile & FAFSA by Jan. 15

Regular Decision

January 1

January 1

late March

Financial Aid Candidates should file CSS Profile & the FAFSA by Feb. 1

First-year applicants also have the opportunity to apply for January admission. The deadlines for January 2010 enrollment are:

Application Type

Supplement 

Common Application

Notification Date

January Admission

November 1

November 1

mid- December

Financial Aid Candidates should file CSS Profile & the FAFSA by Nov. 1. Financial aid is unavailable for foreign citizens applying for January/Spring Entry admission.

Application Checklist

  • $60 application fee or Fee Waiver Request* (due upon submission of either the Supplement or the Common Application)
  • Common Application with Essay
  • Supplement to the Common Application
  • Common Application Early Decision Agreement Form for EDI & EDII applicants (signed by ED applicant, college counselor and parent or legal guardian) available on the Common Application web site starting in September 2009
  • TOEFL or equivalent test if English is not your first language
  • Secondary school report
  • College counselor recommendation
  • Official secondary school transcript
  • Mid-year report with updated 12th grades
  • 2 academic teacher recommendations (preferably from junior or senior year)
  • Optional one-page peer recommendation

* If this fee creates a financial hardship or there are extenuating circumstances, you may request a fee waiver through your high school counselor or the College Board. A waiver request must be endorsed by your counselor. Download the waiver form.

Standardized Test Policy
The submission of standardized tests (either SAT Reasoning, SAT Subject Tests, or ACT) is optional, although students whose primary language is not English are required to submit the TOEFL or its equivalent (i.e. MELAB or IELTS).  Students will be asked to indicate their score choice (submission of one form of testing or no tests at all) to the Admission Committee on the Supplement to the Common Application.

Optional Arts Submissions
We welcome supplemental arts materials you would like to submit along with your application. You may download and print the Arts Supplement PDF and mail this to the Office of Admission. Alternatively, you may simply mail art materials to us to the address at below. Please be sure to label them appropriately.

 

 

 

 

 

Last Modified: Monday, May 11, 2009 9:22

Contact Info: Phone:
860-439-2200
E-mail

Office of Admission
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320-4196

 

admission@conncoll.edu