HGSE Graduating Candidates
Please Note: The following dates and deadlines are somewhat chronological. Please feel free to keep these as a checklist, but make sure you review the HGSE Weekly Newsletter for exact dates, times, and up-to-date links. Please also be sure to review all emails from Financial Aid and the Registrar's Office.
March Deadlines
- Harvard University orators' workshop: Information for students interested in the Harvard University Speech Competition.
- Harvard University Commencement Speech submissions due electronically to the Central Commencement Office
- HGSE Commencement Speech submissions - send to osa@gse.harvard.edu
April Deadlines
- Degree Application Deadline via my.harvard (Registrar's Office)
- Order regalia (cap & gown)
- Vote for Class Marshal and Faculty Speaker
- Financial Aid online exit interviews for student loan borrowers. Online exit counseling must be completed in May (Note: failure to complete this process may result in your diploma being withheld at commencement)
- Phyllis Strimling Award nominations due
May Deadlines
- Student Accounts must have a $0 balance, in order to receive a diploma
- All Winter and Spring course evaluations must be completed in order to receive a diploma
- Deadline to complete Financial Aid online exit interviews for student loan borrowers.