Your Journey Starts Here
At Kalamazoo College, we use a holistic review process to fully assess your candidacy for admission, because we want all future Hornets to become successful graduates. We accept the Common Application exclusively, do not charge an application fee and have been test-optional since 2015. We promise you that all materials you submit will be given careful consideration.
Have questions? Good, we like that in our candidates. This is a big decision and we’re here to help. You may reach our team at by emailing Admission.Records@kzoo.edu at any point for assistance.
Admission Timeline
| Dates | First-Year Student | Transfer Student |
|---|---|---|
| August 1 | The Common Application is live! Create your account and begin your application | |
| October 1 | The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opens | |
| November 1 | Early Decision and Early Action application deadline | Winter Transfer application deadline |
| November 15 | Winter Transfer notification | |
| December 1 | Early Decision notification | Winter Transfer deposit deadline |
| December 20 | Early Action notification | |
| January 15 | Early Decision deposit deadline Regular Decision application deadline | |
| March 1 | FAFSA priority deadline | |
| May 1 | Decision Deadline Log into your applicant Status Page to commit to K! | |
| June 15 | Fall Transfer application deadline | |
| July 1 | Fall Transfer deposit deadline |