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First-year and International Students

There are three ways to apply for admission at Occidental College.  You can:

As of Fall 2007, we are no longer sending printed copies of our application for admission.  If you'd like one, just print the PDF version.  If you do not have access to a printer, please contact us and we'll mail you a copy of the pdf.

^If you plan to submit the payment separately, or if you qualify for and plan to use a fee waiver from your counselor or the College Board, you will not be able to submit the Oxy on-line application electronically.  To pay by mail or to use a qualifying fee waiver, we encourage you to either download our paper application or use the online Common Application.

Transfer Students

  • Spring 2009-- Download the application. (PDF)*
  • Fall 2009 and Spring 2010- Coming Soon!! -Download the application. (PDF)* 
  • Request an application be sent to you by mail.
  • Use “The Common Application,” a standard form used by Occidental and more than 300 other U.S. colleges and universities. (The form also may be available at your school’s guidance office.) All students using the Common Application must also complete Occidental’s Supplemental Information Form, including the section specifically for transfer students 

Graduate Students

Application Deadlines

First-year applications

Due Date

Decision mailed

Early Decision Nov. 15 Mid-December
Regular Decision Jan. 10 Late March

Transfer Application Deadlines

Fall Admission Mar. 15
Spring Admission (U.S. citizens/Perm. Res. only) Oct. 15

Graduate Applications

(For Biology and Teaching Master’s)

Summer Admission March 1
Fall Admission March 1
Spring Admission Oct. 1
 

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