Early Decision

Students who are certain that Yeshiva University is their first choice may apply to the Honors Programs as Early Decision candidates. For these students, all application materials must be submitted by November 1, 2011.

Required materials include:

• Full application to Yeshiva University 

• High school transcript with qualifying GPA

• Two Honors Essays 

• Ten Honors Short Answers 

• Two letters of recommendation (PDF)

• Signed Early Decision Agreement (PDF)

• Standardized Test Report of qualifying score (Note: the September ACT and October SAT will be accepted, provided that the score report is sent directly to Yeshiva University as part of the exam registration.)

Following submission of all materials, the applicant must participate in Honors Day at Yeshiva University's New York campus, during which the Honors Program interview will occur.

• For Women: Monday November 7, 2011, and Monday November 21, 2011

• For Men: Monday November 14, 2011, and Thursday November 17, 2011

You may reserve an Honors interview date via Microsoft Outloook. If you don't have MS Outlook, e-mail yuadmit@yu.edu to reserve your date. You must provide your name, home and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, high school and GPA, standardized test score, and (most important) your intended major so that we can match you with a faculty interviewer. Please expect to receive
confirmation by e-mail within 24 hours. If you prefer to reserve by phone, please call the Admissions Office at 212.960.5277.

Students applying to the Honors Program via Early Decision must agree that, if offered admission to the Honors Program together with a full tuition scholarship, he or she will:

• Make no further college applications

• Withdraw any other existing applications to other colleges

• Matriculate at Yeshiva University for the fall 2011 semester or the fall semester immediately following post-high-school Torah study. Torah study may be pursued for more than one year, but must be in full year (not single semester) increments.

During the Early Decision period, the Honors Committee will consider candidates for admission to the Honors Programs and for full tuition scholarship only. Although regular applicants who are admitted to the Honors Programs are often offered an academic scholarship, in most cases it is something less than full tuition. During the Early Decision process, only full tuition scholarships will be awarded.

The Honors Committee will inform all applicants for Early Decision by December 15, 2011. Those applicants not offered both Honors Program admission and a full tuition scholarship will be reconsidered together with regular applicants to the Honors Programs, and informed of the Committee's reconsideration by April 1, 2012.