Hi! My school’s university counsellor sets a much earlier deadline for students to send in their Common App. She wants me to send in my application by November 30 (the Common App deadline is January 1). Her reason for this is that she will send in school documents for students only after they send in their application. However, I don’t remember there being such a rule in the application process. For what I know, there is no fixed order for any of the application components for which I have to send in to a university. My counsellor is kinda strict about this, and I am currently very busy dealing with other course assignments. Hence. I’m wondering if I can just lie to my counsellor that I’ve already sent my application to the university so that she’ll send in my school documents first. Would she be able to check that I have not send in my Common App application? Is there a portal in which counsellors can keep tabs of their students’ application process?
Does your school use Naviance? Most schools have an electronic system to track students’ progress. Can you work on it over Thanksgiving? Just take on section at a time. You can start and stop whenever you want. Just do a few questions or draft one essay. Step by step…
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That is the policy of your high school. My D’s school has the same policy (2-3 weeks before CA deadline). The GC of public schools are usually overwhelmed during the application season. They would prioritize or limit school report submission to the students submitted application. In addition, it will take time for them to prepare the report while some colleges have very strict deadline. Between 11/30 and 1/1, there are 3 working weeks or less.