<p>Just wondering, but does it help, or at all matter, to turn in your application very early in senior year? to Harvard or other Ivies?</p>
<p>nope. i'm pretty sure that they have that written in the instructions/FAQ's for applying.</p>
<p>It could hurt because the adcoms have plenty of time to scrutinize your app. People who turn in last will be automatically admitted because adcoms are too tired to read.</p>
<p>"People who turn in last will be automatically admitted because adcoms are too tired to read."</p>
<p>< 11:51 P.M., 12/31/2007</p>
<p>Do I win or what?</p>
<p>You may. But I am afraid Californian people have more chance because they use PST time. Good luck anyway.</p>
<p>If you have a super-strong application by end of Junior year it might help tremendously if your turn in your app very early. Since apps are seen according to the order they were completed this does make a difference.</p>
<p>...apparently the readers get a chance to go over your app in time to
see if you are a likley. Of course if your applicationis that strong it implies
you made the IMO/or other academic olympic team in your junior year?</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>The one advantage to sending in the FIRST part of your application (the contact information) well before the absolute deadline is that then your interview can be scheduled more smoothly. In May, the Harvard admission officer who came to our town with the Exploring College Options road show recommended doing that. It is not strictly required, but it may be more convenient for you and probably more courteous to the admission office to give the office that much of a heads-up that your interview should be scheduled while you finish the rest of your application.</p>
<p>I agree with tokenadult. I'm not sure arwen is right, I had a friend who got a B on a paper she handed in well before the deadline. The prof graded it and handed it back early too. Later he told her if he'd realized that the papers that got handed in later were going to be so lousy he'd have given her a better grade. He didn't offer to change the grade however. Same thing happens in sports contests like skating and gymnastics. It's hard to give someone perfect marks if they go first.</p>
<p>Well, kwu, you actually could've still submitted your app anytime on January first...</p>
<p>I win.
haha jk</p>
<p>
[quote]
Are a student's chances of admission enhanced by submitting application materials before other applicants?</p>
<p>No. We request, however, that students submit the Common Application and the Harvard Application Supplement by December 1 if possible. Receipt of these two forms allows us to expedite application processing and to arrange personal interviews more quickly.
[/quote]
straight from the Harvard FAQ's.</p>
<p>I don't like some stuff the admission's tell you, like the answer to that question. There is no way the time difference won't make any difference. I don't know how much tiredness will affect one's decision, but the first application of the pile and the last application of the pile can't be viewed in the same manner.</p>
<p>And they also tell you that they only look for reasons to accept you. But if you get rejected, that means you were lacking some reasons to be accepted. The admissions will be looking for those stuff. If its not there, then bye bye.</p>
<p>I just think that they tell you some stuff just to make them look good or to keep you from freaking out.</p>
<p>
[quote]
There is no way the time difference won't make any difference.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>Sure there is a way. That way is if the decisions are made by a committee.</p>
<p>Which they are.</p>
<p>I was on an admissions committee at Columbia (grad school). Here's how they did admissions. All the envelopes arrived. Some secretary took them out of envelopes and put them in folders. All the folders were put in a box. The committee took them out of the box randomly. Three people read them and gave them scores. Then the secretary added up the scores. No one had the slightest idea when those folders arrived at Columbia. It made NO difference, how early they got there.</p>
<p>if I submit my application on the date it's due, are my chances hurt than if I submitted it a week earlier?</p>
<p>Does it make any difference? Or is it debatable - just like the thread? confused ~</p>
<p>Just meet the deadline, and you should be just fine. After all, the last date that is timely for standardized testing is actually AFTER the deadline for submitting the application form, and most applicants have their interviews after that deadline too.</p>
<p>One advantage of submitting your application early is that you can receive confirmation that your application is complete sooner. When you submit closer to the deadline, it takes them a long time to process everything and it can be stressful when you are waiting to hear if they got everything. Plus, if there is some problem, you can correct it in a timely fashion.</p>
<p>On the other hand, a lot of seniors have additional accomplishments/awards that they find out about later in the year and so they may have a stronger application if they wait to submit their application. You can always send an update letter, but there is a chance that may not make it into your file and you would probably never know (since it is not a "required" part of your application).</p>
<p>
[quote]
< 11:51 P.M., 12/31/2007</p>
<p>Do I win or what?
[/quote]
I think I turned it in Jan 1 (Asia time though)</p>