<p>Whats the best time to apply taht gives you an upperhand kind of sort of? :P</p>
<p>I guess September (around when school starts again).</p>
<p>But, after reading some of the threads here and asking around at my school, there were some people who applied in October who didn't get a reply until January or so.</p>
<p>So, in terms of an "upperhand"...I just don't know. But send in your app early any way :)</p>
<p>Send it in as soon as you can. I applied in december and didn't get a decision for about a month and a half. People I know who applied early got their decision in about a week.</p>
<p>If your GPA and SAT are like 3.7 and 1850 Sat you will get your decision in like 3 days. This happened to my friend. On the other hand if ur SAT is like 1600 and GPA 3.4 you will have to wait longer.</p>
<p>^ That probably explains why I got a response all the way in January when I submitted my application in late October. I had a 1700 SAT score with a 3.996 GPA.</p>
<p>What about this situation? Do I apply in September with a ~3.5 GPA (no H/AP) and a 1360/1600 SAT score or do I take the SATs in October, get the scores back (hopefully improved) and apply? I doubt I will improve my SAT scores much, maybe from a 1980 to a 2050 at best, is it worth it at all?</p>
<p>For the record, I'll be applying to SAS and the Business School at NB.</p>
<p>September. When I applied two years ago, I applied in September, took the SAT's again in October just in case, and before I even got my SAT score report for the October test I received word from Rutgers I was in. Could've saved myself some money and getting up early on a Saturday.</p>
<p>Quick question Inkontrol, did you have similar stats to me (i'm in-state too)?</p>
<p>I hear you have a better shot at getting accepted if you apply early and plus you get your acceptance/deferral earlier which is nice. Rutgers is my #1 school definitely, I'm also gonna apply to a couple reaches, a couple safeties and a couple fits but there's a 90% chance I'll end up going to RU even if I get accepted to one of my reaches, so knowing about RU early will be very nice.</p>
<p>codered20- well it depends what school your applying to. You should get into SAS and possibly engineering. SEBS and pharmacy might be a stretch though. Also you have the in-state advantage. It was harder for me to get in because I was from out of state.</p>
<p>I'll be applying to SAS and Business, but I get what you're saying, thanks for the advice, looks like I'll be sending in that app in less than two months, wow, that's crazy now that I think about it haha.</p>
<p>Well I guess your applying to SAS then, you can't apply to the business school until your sophomore year. You go in to SAS and take pre-business prerequisites and in your sophomore year you apply as one of the three (or what is four) different business school fields.</p>
<p>Alright, someone else explained it to me but I guess I didn't fully understand, so thanks again for clearing that up.</p>