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Double-Check Your Application

We highly recommend doing a self-assessment to ensure you sent all required application elements. Below are few of the common areas that may need to be reviewed/updated post-submission. This list is not comprehensive, so you should review your application requirements fully:

  • Ensuring your letter of recommendation is received by the recommendation deadline. While the SIEML application is due January 6, 2027 at 11:59 PM PST, your recommender will have until Wednesday, January 20, 2027 at 11:59 PM PT to submit materials. If your recommender runs into any issues uploading your letter, they can email it to the SIEML mailbox at sieml@ucop.edu. Their email will need to come from their professional email account.  If you need to swap out a recommender, please email the SIEML mailbox the name, email, title and employer for your new recommender. Note: the team will be unable to make any updates December 23 - January 4, 2027.
  • Checking your transcripts meet all requirements and are fully complete. 
    • Official transcripts are required.
    • If you have transfer credits, please make sure to release documentation that show letter grades.
    • If submitting before current fall grades are in, please email updated transcripts with fall grades to sieml@ucop.edu.
  • Additional requirements for seniors:
    • Seniors must be enrolled at their degree-awarding institution through Spring Term of the SIEML program year they are applying for. Seniors applying to the program will need to include a transcript that shows their final spring course schedule at their degree-awarding institution. Seniors should ensure there are no conflicts between full SIEML program dates and graduation activities.

Decisions Are Announced in March

Applicants will be notified of the admissions committee’s decision via email in early March. It is important for applicants to check the email address they provide on their application, and respond to emails from the SIEML program office in a timely manner.

What happens when I’m accepted?

  • You will receive a letter of admission along with a packet containing additional information and forms that require your signature. In order to accept the offer of admission, you will have approximately one week to sign the required forms and submit a headshot photograph.
  • You will be sent program materials including lodging details, a recommended packing list, and a schedule of the program. Scholars need to be fully present and onsite for all programming without exception.
  • We will arrange and pay for your transportation to and from SIEML within the US.

If I’m not accepted into the program can I reapply next year?

Since we receive more qualified applicants than we can accept, we encourage students to reapply if they will be eligible during the next SIEML application cycle. Visit the Who Can Apply Page to learn more about eligibility.