Which schools do not participate in "Rolling Admissions"?

[GomerPyle]

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So I know the University of Utah is does not participate in rolling admissions (ie you can apply as late as you want and you aren't at a disadvantage).

What other schools do not participate in rolling admissions?

I am a late applicant fyi. How bad are my chances hurt if I apply in September/October?

 

[Chrome19]

Even if admissions are not rolling, interviews are still offered on a rolling basis.

 

[Rumalum]

university of hawaii

 

[jjesque]

Duke is nominally "non-rolling" but in practice admissions decisions are made soon after the interview. Harvard is the same, I believe, as the subcommittee meets shortly after the interview. It's difficult to know which schools, if any, are truly non-rolling.

Edit: To clarify, admissions decisions can be made at any point during the year but are only released in March -- that is why these schools are considered non-rolling.

 

[Ironmandoc]

Above is correct. Just because schools don't offer admissions on a "rolling" basis doesn't mean that the ADCOM doesn't make the decisions on a rolling basis. I highly doubt many ADCOMs actually wait until Spring to make all of the decisions...basically the appearance may be deceiving of the actual process a school has.

 

[SoulinNeed]

Cornell.

 

[HuskyFan]

Ohsu

 

[Starlightembers]

Even if admissions are not rolling, interviews are still offered on a rolling basis.

This, essentially.

Even if you strictly apply to non-rolling admissions schools -- and we assume, for a moment, that they are truly non-rolling -- you will be at a severe disadvantage as interviews are going out on a rolling basis and, obviously, without an interview, you cannot gain admission. Because of this, even stellar applicants struggle as very late applicants.

I know it is not what you want to hear, nor is it ideal; but I would recommend, if you are looking at a September - October submission, to consider waiting another cycle to apply. Remember, once you submit your application, it still has to be verified (can take up to two - three weeks) and then you have to wait for secondaries to arrive and then you must actually fill them out. At that rate, schools will be receiving your application right at, or even after, the deadlines and you will be competing for the very last interview slots, if any are left at all.

 

[josh85]

Cornell.

They accept a couple of students in December and then most in March.

 

[dsoz]

Ohsu

+1

Some seats are held open for people that interview in March.

Then the wait list game begins... May the odds be ever in your favor.

dsoz

 

[Chrome19]

This, essentially.

Even if you strictly apply to non-rolling admissions schools -- and we assume, for a moment, that they are truly non-rolling -- you will be at a severe disadvantage as interviews are going out on a rolling basis and, obviously, without an interview, you cannot gain admission. Because of this, even stellar applicants struggle as very late applicants.

I know it is not what you want to hear, nor is it ideal; but I would recommend, if you are looking at a September - October submission, to consider waiting another cycle to apply. Remember, once you submit your application, it still has to be verified (can take up to two - three weeks) and then you have to wait for secondaries to arrive and then you must actually fill them out. At that rate, schools will be receiving your application right at, or even after, the deadlines and you will be competing for the very last interview slots, if any are left at all.

I submitted in October and didn't complete secondaries until late November. I even had an interview in early April (last slot for that school). Overall it hurt big time. I know someone with similar profile and stats who got into several schools, some from which I was rejected without interview. Difference? He submitted in June, 4 months before I did.

 

[Starlightembers]

I submitted in October and didn't complete secondaries until late November. I even had an interview in early April (last slot for that school). Overall it hurt big time. I know someone with similar profile and stats who got into several schools, some from which I was rejected without interview. Difference? He submitted in June, 4 months before I did.

Thank you sharing your story. To be clear, I did not mean to imply it was impossible to get in when one applies late, just that one's chances are greatly diminished even for stellar/above average applicants, as you yourself seem to have been, and that one should carefully weigh the pros and cons of applying vs waiting to apply the next cycle.

 

[darkjedi]

Many of the top tier institutions extend acceptances at around the mid-March mark including Columbia, Yale, Penn, Cornell. Other schools such as BU also do this.

That said there is no such thing as true non-rolling, all of these schools still review applications as they come and dish out interviews on a rolling basis. It is always better to submit early than late.