Step 1: Application Deadline

City Year accepts applications during four cycles each year:

To be considered for a position, you must submit your completed application, including application form, essays, and reference forms, to City Year by one of the four deadlines listed above. If positions are still available after May 31, City Year will consider applications received after that date on a rolling-admissions basis. Applications submitted later in the year are typically competing with a much larger pool of applicants. The sooner you apply, the better your chances of acceptance.

Step 2: Application

• Complete the application, including three essays.
• Indicate either that you have a specific site preference or that you wish to serve where most needed.
• Ask two people who know you on a professional or academic basis to submit references using the forms included with the application. Consider asking a work or volunteer supervisor, clergy member, teacher or professor, guidance or career counselor, or coach. Do not ask a peer or family member.
• Mail the completed application and references to the appropriate address. Please note that City Year accepts only one application per individual. Submitting your application to more than one site will significantly delay the selection process.

Step 3: Interview

• Attend an Information Session (optional).
• Complete a Screening Interview. Based upon review of your application, City Year recruitment staff will arrange a Screening Interview in-person or by phone.
• Attend a visitors' day at a City Year site. A visitors' day involves participating in a service project or other City Year activities (optional).
• Participate in a Selection Interview. This in-depth interview typically occurs in person at your prospective site. If you are unable to visit the site, however, you will be asked to participate in a Selection Interview by telephone.

Step 4: Commitment Letter

If accepted into the City Year corps, you will receive a commitment letter from City Year that you must sign and return within two weeks to secure your position.