Guidelines for Offer & Acceptance Days

Offers on the Initial Offer Date will be made between the business hours of 1:00 om and 5:00 pm Eastern Time. Offers will not be made to applicants prior to the Initial Offer Date. 

Offer Times by Time Zone

• Atlantic Time (2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.)
• Eastern Time (1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.)
• Central Time (12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.)
• Mountain Time (11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., except Arizona)
• Arizona Time (11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. or 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., depending on time of year)*
• Pacific Time (10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.)
• Alaska Time (9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.)
• Hawaii-Aleutian Time (8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. or 7:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m., depending on time of year)

*AZ is in the Mountain Time zone and does not observe daylight savings time (except in the Navajo Indian Nation).

Offering Beyond the Initial Offer Date

All internship sites are welcome to make offers after the initial offer date as long as they have initially followed the application, offer, and acceptance deadlines set by the ACLP.  This gives programs an opportunity to fill spots that would otherwise go vacant for a semester and provides more students with much sought after placements.  Offers after the initial offer date may only be extended to candidates from the original pool and not from a new search.

Internship Application Deadline Definitions