<p>I'm not talking about ED-ing... I'm applying through the regular decision process to some schools, and so their deadlines are somewhere from January 1st to January 20th. </p>
<p>Now there are two sides of the story that I have heard.</p>
<p>A) People say that at the earlier stages when the colleges' financial aid profile is yet untouched, it it easier to bag more aid, rather than around the end when most of the aid has been given out and the chances of getting any are rare. So they argue that if you send out your packet earlier (like i can have it completed and sent out to my colleges in mid november), chances of you getting more aid seem better logically.</p>
<p>B) the other side (and thats just my paranoid common sense) says, that if i send them out too early before the admission commitee is on the grind of things, the application might not be reviewed as properly as it will be later. Like, if they really start working their brains out in December, that's when they'll be most receptive to your application's good points. The same highlights, in november, might just not make as much of a wow-moment for them because they wont have a lot to compare it to...</p>
<p>I need opinions, please... Cuz i cud start sending everything out by the end of the month, and i dont know if i should do it, or hold back and send them out later in the mid of december...</p>
<p>P.S. I know this is a guidance counselor question, but mine's absolutely NO good... so... HELP!!!</p>