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A Welcome to Our Newly Admitted Students


We warmly welcome you to the select group of scholars admitted to Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Should you accept our offer of admission, your fellow students will be some of the brightest and most creative of your generation, arriving from every continent and from more than 100 nations to form an exciting, congenial academic community where new perspectives are continually embraced. Membership in such a distinguished cohort is an enduring pleasure. We believe you can make no better choice for your graduate studies than Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

 

Steps to Respond to Offer of Admission

  1. Go to the online application page.
  2. Login using the username and password you created when you filled out your application. (If you forgot your username of password click the link "Forgot your User Name or Password?”)
  3. Click the link “Your application decision is now available online,” which will display your decision letter.
  4. In the body of that letter, click the link “electronic reply form.”
  5. Fill out the reply form and click “Proceed to submission.”


Welcoming Events

 

We invite you to attend an Orientation for Newly Admitted Students on Friday, April 5, 2013.

Among the highlights of events that open are fall term:

  • Orientation, on August 28, 2013 — An official welcome from Harvard's president and senior deans in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, followed by lunch in Harvard Yard and an afternoon resource fair at Dudley House, GSAS's one-of-a-kind graduate student center.
  • Discover Dudley, on August 30, 2013 — an open house and party at Dudley House.

 

Get To Know GSAS

 

  • Check out our news site to learn about student life and professional development at GSAS.
  • Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

 

Deadlines

 

April 15, 2013 Reply to offer of admission due (please refer to your letter of admission)
April 15, 2013 Reply to offer of financial aid due
April 24, 2013 Priority deadline to enter GSAS housing lottery
date to come Deadline to notify Accessible Education Office of special needs
June 1, 2013 Deadline to submit Financial Certification for Students Who Are Not U.S. Citizens Form
July 1, 2013 Medical forms due to Harvard University Health Services
August 2, 2013 Fall tuition payment due

Important Information for Prospective GSAS Students

 

Attention, International Students

 

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