{"id":11,"date":"2021-01-27T10:38:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T15:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:38:53","slug":"how-to-apply","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/how-to-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"

Applying to an Early College program is easy, just follow our step-by-step process below.\u00a0 If you have any questions, please <\/span>contact us.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Early College Program Application Dates & Deadlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Program<\/strong><\/th>\nApplication Opens<\/strong><\/th>\nDeadline to Apply<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Spring 2026 Early College Scholars<\/td>\nOctober 3, 2025<\/td>\nDecember 15, 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer 2026 Early College Scholars<\/td>\nNovember 3, 2025<\/td>\nJuly 1, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall 2026 Early College Scholars<\/td>\nJanuary 5, 2026<\/td>\nAugust 3, 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Step<\/span> 1<\/span><\/div>\n
Online Application<\/div>
\n

Review our application guide and submit your application by clicking on the buttons below.<\/p>\n

Submit the Online Application<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Step<\/span> 2<\/span><\/div>\n
Transcript<\/div>
\n

Upload your high school transcript (with a minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA) to your online application.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Step<\/span> 3<\/span><\/div>\n
Essay/Personal Statement (optional)<\/div>
\n

Upload your Essay\/Personal Statement (optional) to your online application.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Step<\/span> 4<\/span><\/div>\n
Resume (optional)<\/div>
\n

Upload your Resume (optional) to your online application.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Step<\/span> 5<\/span><\/div>\n
Letter of Recommendation (optional)<\/div>
\n

A letter of recommendation is not required, but encouraged.\u00a0 It can be from a counselor or teacher (non-relative) and should be sent directly from the recommender to <\/span>earlycollege@montclair.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Applying to an Early College program is easy, just follow our step-by-step process below.\u00a0 If you have any questions, please contact us. Early College Program Application Dates & Deadlines Program Application Opens Deadline to Apply Spring 2026 Early College Scholars October 3, 2025 December 15, 2025 Summer 2026 Early College Scholars November 3, 2025 July […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1273,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/1273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/early-college-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}