<p>Rolling admissions means they fill the class as applications come in. Therefore, waiting is a disadvantage. The class fills up & fewer spaces are left; by the end there may be no more room.</p>
<p>Early Action is generally non-binding; you get an earlier admission decision by submitting all your materials earlier. Single Choice Early Action is also non binding but you can only apply to one school early if it is a "single choice" school. Otherwise, you can apply to as many EA as you want to.</p>
<p>To find out the deadlines, look at the schools websites. Click on the "Admission Office" icons or the icons for "Prospective Students" and you will find the deadlines. </p>
<p>A good all-purpose college guidebook will have this info too.</p>
<p>You would profit from a gereral information appointment with your college counselor to go over the basics.</p>
<p>Could check out Rider U., Rowan, Monmouth and Montclair - all in NJ. If you are persuing education as a major and hope to teach in NJ, then any of the state schools will probably be fine - some better than others, but overall fine.
If you want to differientate btw. schools, use the psych major to help you consider your options.</p>
<p>Stargirlx, Go to each school's website and click on admissions. All of the details on admission deadlines and application requirements will be there. Hint: to find each school's website, use the name of the school and .edu, i.e. <a href="http://www.rutgers.edu%5B/url%5D">www.rutgers.edu</a>. Your guidance office should also have information on deadlines for in-state publics.</p>
<p>I would like to second the comment that fighting with your parents is not the way to convince them. You are looking for a large financial commitment from them. Yelling is not the way to get it. And despite what others tell you, I somehow doubt that they are going to back down.</p>
<p>Do you know the financial situation in your house? If you have an older sister in college, they may not be able to afford to send you out of state. My daughter is at a private college two states away. She is in the Honor's program, which means she is on 50% scholarship. And her tuition & room are still higher than if she went to a local State college. That doesn't count the cost of driving her to & from college, home for Thanksgiving, etc. Her college is 6 hours away, which either means driving 12 hours in one day, or spending the night in a motel. Little things like that, you dont' think about them when you are looking at colleges.</p>
<p>Unless you can finance college totally by yourself, driving a wedge between you and your parents doesn't sound smart. The suggestion of doing the research and presenting it calmly to your parents is a good one. I can't guarantee that it will work, but I would guess it will work better than FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT.</p>