<p>A friend told me that she thinks colleges evaluate apps as they come in, even if they are not specifically "rolling admissions" colleges. She thinks that earlier is better, no matter what. I'm not sure I agree. What do you all think?</p>
<p>Apparently, many EA colleges (UMich included) evaluate apps as they are received; don’t think it matters for RD and ED but others may have different opinions…</p>
<p>I do know, for a fact, that if a particular school has an ED policy, they do not read RD apps until ED is over…</p>
<p>I think your friend is correct.</p>
<p>I tend to agree with hmom…so many apps so little time, why would schools that don’t have rolling admission “postpone” reading apps in the early days when it is less busy leaving them to sit until it’s horribly busy, notification dates are just that, notification dates and not necessarily linked to when an app is read or a decision made is my guess how “things go.”</p>
<p>UMich is rolling, not EA I think.
But according to A for Admission, getting them in early does not give you an advantage. However, what the above poster says makes sense.</p>
<p>This probably depends on the school. My D applied EA to Tulane last year and got in early October. Tulane accepted so many kids early that they started to defer more qualified ones later in the EA process. Penn State clearly states that it is an advantage to apply early. So I’m sure that this is a college-specific question.</p>
<p>I used to think the same thing but then all the acceptance stories I hear about usually involve “omg, im so lucky because I LITERALLY sent in my application 3 minutes before the deadline” <---- I’ve read atleast 20-30 posts like that just on CC…</p>
<p>Good thread. bump.</p>
<p>Whether there an advantage to send your app early depends on the school. Some schools, like UMichigin have rolling admission. That’s also true at other large universities: CT and Penn State and probably many other state schools. HINT: get those in now!! But if it’s a school that does EA or ED, I’m guessing they’ll have the apps sit. Keep in mind what ad coms are doing now: touring HS, interviewing, open houses, and college fairs. The bulk of their reading time will probably be only those that require an early answer.</p>
<p>I think that up until the deadline, they’re only sorting and organizing everything.</p>
<p>wait then what if u want to give in the Oct SAT score (SR yr one)? Will the college see it before they make the decision or after??!?</p>
<p>Oct SAT score… you should note on your application that you plan to take the Oct. SAT. In the common app, there’s a section to write test dates and scores. That’s why it says, “date taken / to be taken.”</p>
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In support of this, at two of the info sessions we attended on our summer tours, the person giving the session alluded to the huge task of getting through all the applications in the short period between the application and notification deadlines (by way of explaining, for instance, why they didn’t want to see ten recommendation letters).</p>