Two dates on the same page. One of them is the real deadline, and it is not the one you think.
- The priority deadline is the real one for funding, fellowships, and assistantships. Scholarship committees often meet on the priority timeline even when admissions runs longer. - The final deadline is just the last date they will look at your file. For popular programs, that means competing for leftover seats with no money attached. - International students get burned twice: some schools tie the priority date to I-20 processing, so missing it cascades into embassy-appointment roulette in summer. - Set your alerts for the priority date, not the final one. Put it on the calendar, in the phone, on a sticky note. All three.
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