Senior Thesis Deadlines – Class of 2026
Date | Deadline |
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September 9 (Monday) | Deadline to confirm Senior Thesis Adviser with Judie Miller ([email protected]) |
September 11 (Wednesday) | Final Senior Thesis adviser assignments emailed to students |
September 19 (Thursday), 7:30 pm | Mandatory Senior Meeting (location TBD) |
ASAP but no later than September 18 (Wednesday) | Seniors must meet with advisers before this date |
TBD based on ODOC dates | Senior Thesis Research Funding Application opens in SAFE for research over winter break |
November 8 (Friday) | First mandatory interim milestone deadline: topic description, preliminary outline, bibliography of primary and secondary sources; upload to shared folder in OneDrive (link sent by email) |
Before November 20 (Wednesday) | Meet with adviser to discuss work-in-progress |
TBD based on ODOC dates | Senior Thesis Research Funding Application closes in SAFE for research over winter break |
February 3 (Monday) | Second mandatory interim milestone deadline: partial draft of 25 pages; upload to OneDrive |
February 14 (Friday) | Advisers return corrected partial draft to students |
February 21 (Friday) | Submit thesis working title to Judie Miller |
April 15 (Tuesday) | Submit senior thesis by 3:00 pm to 128 Dickinson AND electronically to Mudd Library |
April 15 (Tuesday at 3:10pm) | Thesis celebration outside Dickinson |
May 5 (Monday) | Submit Personal Statement to Judie Miller |
May 7 – 8 (Wednesday & Thursday) | Senior Departmental Examinations |
May 26 (Monday) | Class Day Celebration at Forbes College |
- Once a hard copy of the thesis has been submitted, extensions will no longer be granted.
- Theses have a 100-page limit. Students will need permission from their adviser AND the Director of Undergraduate Studies to submit a thesis over 100 pages.
- Dates are subject to revision. Students will be notified of any changes to deadlines.