University Events and Task List

AUGUST - SEPTEMBER

Make appointment with your counselor to review college choices
Review transcript for accuracy with counselor
Early Decision / Early Action and other early deadline (U.S.) applicants should be working on applications and financial aid research and applications.
Senior Seminars (dates to be announced).
Attend Flex times for application support and info sessions.
Request letters of recommendation from (no more than) 2 teachers, if needed for university applications. Tell your counselor.
Meet college representatives visiting ISKL from September to December and attend virtual visits.
AUGUST 15TH : update countries of interest on Cialfo and schedule an appointment with counselor.
SEPTEMBER 1ST : submit teacher LoR (Letter of Rec) form to counselor and add in Cialfo.
SEPTEMBER 5TH : First day completed applications can be submitted on Cialfo UK
SEPTEMBER 10TH : complete Teacher LoR Questionnaire in Cialfo
SEPTEMBER 15TH : Request Peer Recs

AUGUST 15TH : Deadline to notify counselor of intention to apply to Oxford or Cambridge (all programs) or Medical, Dental, Vet courses at any UK schools, and also list on Cialfo. Communicate to your teachers who will write your UK recs. All of these have very early deadlines.
Register BMAT, LNAT, UCAT, TSA tests if needed
OCTOBER 1ST : Internal Deadline to submit UCAS, Oxford, Cambridge and Medical, Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry applications.

AUGUST 31ST : All Early Decision / Early Action (U.S.) recommendation requests due. Request in person, communicate with counselor, counselor inputs into Cialfo.
SEPTEMBER 30TH : Deadline to submit essay drafts for feedback for any US EA / ED apps.

Senior seminars and workshops continue
Confirm deadlines for all university applications in all countries to which you are applying (Netherlands - Numerus Fixus, Canada, Korea, Japan, etc).
OCTOBER 1ST : Deadline for Oxbridge, Medicine, Dentistry, and Veterinary Science
OCTOBER 1ST : Internal deadline to let your counselor know about EA / ED apps to U.S.
OCTOBER 1ST : Narrow your list of schools you intend to apply to (NO MORE THAN 10 SCHOOLS).
Add your final list of schools in Cialfo

Schools -> Research -> Long list -> Applying

OCTOBER 1ST : Update Cialfo with final list of applications.
OCTOBER 1ST : Free application for Federal Student Aid is available online for U.S. citizens / resident green card holders www.fafsa.ed.gov.
OCTOBER 2ND : Application deadline for conservatoire music applications
OCTOBER 9TH : Deadline to submit DRFs for ED / EA colleges and universities.
OCTOBER 15TH : Teachers enter university Predicted Grades into PowerSchool.
OCTOBER 15TH : Deadline to complete Peer Recs
OCTOBER 22ND : Internal deadline to submit ED / EA U.S. applications.

Register for CSS profile if applying for financial aid at U.S. universities that requires the form. The form can be found on www.collegeboard.com
Finalize essays and supplements
Complete and submit applications (the earlier, the better at most state universities with rolling admissions). Make copies of everything you send.
Must use Common Application for all schools that accept the Common App.
We encourage students to apply to universities in early rounds or earlier than stated deadlines.
Some U.S. state university applications have deadlines in November (i.e. University of California).

NOVEMBER 7TH : Internal deadline Uni of Toronto
NOVEMBER 13TH : Internal deadline to submit University of California applications.
NOVEMBER 20TH : Internal deadline to submit University of Hong Kong application (confirm with counselor).

Confirm all application deadlines (including Canada, Netherlands, Korea, Japan).
DECEMBER 1ST : Internal deadline to complete all applications with university deadlines through 1 March.
DECEMBER 1ST : Document Request Forms due to counseling for all schools with a December - March 1st deadlines. For all applications with deadlines after March 1st, these requests should be submitted one month prior to the application deadline, and the counselor should be informed.
(UK) December 1st : ISKL deadline to submit UCAS application for UK universities.

Semester 1 grades posted - Midyear transcripts and reports sent to relevant universities by the Counseling office mid-January. Students double check the delivery method. DHL or online ability to send - speak to your counselor.
JANUARY 10th : Deadline for all other UCAS courses

MAY 1st : Candidate standard reply and deposit date (for U.S. schools).
First week of May : standard reply date for UK universities - see UCAS for full details of reply dates. Set firm and insurance choices.
Notify counselor of your final university decision.
Notify schools you are not attending that you have decided to go elsewhere (so they can offer your place to another student).
Attend any special university presentations for specific countries (Japan, Korea, etc).
Don't forget to thank your teachers for writing your letters of recommendation!.

http://www.britishcouncil.my/exam/ielts, if applicable. IELTS is preferred for the UK.

Remember to include ISKL’s CEEB #: 686170

Register for UCAT if applying to Medicine or Vet Medicine - watch this deadline closely!
Don’t wait to send your scores to your universities! Talk to your counselor.