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Deadlines & Dates

The Washington Center operates year-round and accommodates semester and quarter academic calendars. Deadlines for application vary. Students should consult their campus liaison to see if their institution has an earlier deadline.

Please Click Here for Intern Abroad Dates and Deadlines as they are different that those of our other programs.

See below for further explanation of our Early Deadline Range and Competitive Deadlines.

Deadlines

SEMESTER, SUMMER TERM AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Term	Early Deadlines Begin	Competitive Deadline	Regular Deadline	App Fee *
Spring Semester 2008	05/25/07	10/01/07	11/14/07	$60.00
Summer Term 2008	09/28/07	02/01/08	03/14/08	$60.00
Fall Semester 2008	01/25/08	05/02/08	06/13/08	$60.00
Spring Semester 2009	05/26/08	09/29/08	11/15/08	$60.00
Summer Term 2009	09/29/08	02/02/09	03/13/09	$60.00
Fall Semester 2009	01/23/09	05/01/09	06/12/09	$60.00

QUARTER AND SUMMER QUARTER PROGRAMS

Term

Early Deadlines Begin

Competitive Deadline

Regular
Deadline

App
Fee *

Winter Quarter
2008

05/25/07

10/01/07

10/15/07

$60.00

Spring Quarter
2008

05/25/07

10/01/07

01/15/08

$60.00

Summer Quarter
2008

09/28/07

02/01/08

03/14/08

$60.00

Fall Quarter
2008

01/25/08

05/02/08

06/13/08

$60.00

Winter Quarter
2009

05/26/08

09/29/08

10/13/08

$60.00

Spring Quarter
2009

05/26/08

09/29/08

01/15/09

$60.00

Summer Quarter
2009

09/29/08

02/02/09

03/13/09

$60.00

Fall Quarter
2009

01/23/09

05/01/09

06/12/09

$60.00

* Application Fee:
Application fee for international applicants is $125.00. This includes processing and J-1 Visa FEDEX delivery.

Early Deadline Range Begins for Selected Agencies:

The Washington Center encourages students to apply early as some agencies have early internal deadlines by which we must refer candidates. Others may require students to complete additional application materials. The date noted above is the earliest your application is due in order to be considered for the full range of early deadline placements. Please visit www.twc.edu/students/earlydeadlines.shtml to view the dates by which complete applications should be submitted to The Washington Center for specific placements. These include (but are not limited to) the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of State, The White House and U.S. Congressional Offices (summer term only). Many agencies listed need to issue security clearances for students who accept an offer.

Note: The Washington Center does not conduct security clearances. Security clearances will be conducted by an agency after an offer is made to and accepted by a student.

Competitive Deadline:

Apply by this date if you’d like early consideration for our financial assistance awards including the following:

Diversity Leaders Award (must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident)
Civic Engagement Award
International Leaders Award (must be attending an institution outside the U.S.)
Association of College Honor Societies Scholarship (also available to Postgraduate Program applicants)
National Collegiate Honors Council Scholarship
American Indian/Alaska Native Initiative

If a particular deadline has passed, please call or e-mail The Washington Center at info@twc.edu to see if we can still accept your application. There should in any case be many other highly desirable placements available.

For more information, please visit the financial information section of our website at http://www.twc.edu/students/financial_assistance.shtml

Important Dates

SEMESTER, SUMMER TERM AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Term	Check In	Mandatory Orientation	Internship Begins	Internship Ends	Check Out
Fall Semester 2007	08/29/07	08/31/07	09/04/07	12/14/07	12/15/07
Spring Semester 2008	01/24/08	01/25/08	01/28/08	05/09/08	05/10/08
Summer Term 2008	05/28/08	05/30/08	06/02/08	08/08/08	08/09/08
Fall Semester 2008	08/27/08	08/29/08	09/02/08	12/12/08	12/13/08
Spring Semester 2009	01/28/09	01/30/09	02/02/09	05/15/09	05/16/09
Summer Term 2009	05/27/09	05/29/09	06/01/09	08/07/09	08/08/09
Fall Semester 2009	09/02/09	09/04/09	09/08/09	12/18/09	12/19/09

QUARTER AND SUMMER QUARTER PROGRAMS

Term	Check In	Mandatory Orientation	Internship Begins	Internship Ends	Check Out
Fall Quarter 2007	08/30/06	09/01/06	09/04/07	11/09/07	11/10/07
Winter Quarter 2008	01/06/08	01/07/08	01/08/08	03/14/08	03/15/08
Spring Quarter 2008	03/16/08	03/17/08	03/18/08	05/23/08	05/24/08
Summer Quarter 2008	06/08/08	06/09/08	06/10/08	08/15/08	08/16/08
Fall Quarter 2008	08/27/08	08/29/08	09/02/08	11/07/08	11/08/08
Winter Quarter 2009	01/04/09	01/05/09	01/06/09	03/13/09	03/14/09
Spring Quarter 2009	03/15/09	03/16/09	03/17/09	05/22/09	05/23/09
Summer Quarter 2009	06/07/09	06/08/09	06/09/09	08/14/09	08/15/09
Fall Quarter 2009	09/02/09	09/04/09	09/08/09	11/13/09	11/14/09