Britain, the United States, Switzerland, Germany
Applications are a calendar problem. Tell us the child's year group and the countries, and read the months.
The UCAS deadline for Oxford, Cambridge, medicine, dentistry and veterinary science is 15 October in the year before entry; interviews follow in December, offers in January.
American early rounds with deadlines around 1 November. Early Decision is binding, Early Action is not. Regular Decision deadlines fall in early January, decisions arrive in late March.
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