rolling admission

Continuous application review

Rolling admission is a policy where applications are reviewed as they arrive rather than after a single deadline.

Schools and programs using rolling admission notify applicants of decisions on an ongoing basis: With rolling admission, I heard back within three weeks of applying.

This contrasts with regular admission, where all applications are evaluated together after a cutoff date.

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application deadline structure

rolling admissionregular decision

Default college application process

application deadline · batch processing

decision timing

rolling admissionearly decision

Committed application with deadline

early action · ED

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