# Deadlines ### 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 ](https://commencement.harvard.edu/orations-competition)for students interested in the Harvard University Speech Competition. - [Harvard University Commencement Speech submissions](https://commencement.harvard.edu/orations-competition) due electronically to the Central Commencement Office - [HGSE Commencement Speech submissions](/commencement-speech-contest) - send to ### April Deadlines - Degree Application Deadline via my.harvard (Registrar's Office) - [Order regalia](/commencement-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.