Early Action- Logistics, notifiation date, regular apps, etc

Applying to College
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<p>i've had this question for a while now....</p>

<p>i will be applying restrictive early action to a school, and i will be notified of the decision on Dec 15th</p>

<p>however, since applications are expensive, i do not want to submit any regular applications unless i get denied or deferred from the school that i applied to early action.</p>

<p>with that said, is it ok to hold off from submitting regular applications until i get notified of the early action decision on december 15th? (reg deadline is jan 1st). will this be too much of a time crunch??</p>

<p>thanks!!!!!</p>

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<p>still do the supplements ahead of time though!</p>

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<p>Yes. You can have all the work done, including the supplements, before 15 Dec. Then you can just send the app if you need to.</p>

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<p>thanks!
so if i do end up sending regular apps, i have to hold off my teachers from mailing letters for regular action until after december 15th, right?</p>

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<p>I’m doing something similar. I plan on applying to University of Chicago and Georgetown early action and submitting applications to my favorite reaches. I’ll apply to matches and safeties if I do not get accepted to either G-town or Chicago.</p>

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<p>Op, nice strategy. I used it and it worked very well for me in '08.</p>

<p>I did not apply to any of my safetys or matches since I was already admitted
EA to both MIT and Caltech by mid December.</p>

<p>However there maybe important advantages in adhering to some deadlines
at other schools. For example Stanford’s RD with Arts supplement deadline
was Nov 15th. UCBs RD deadline was Nov 30th. Harvard and Princeton’s
priority deadlines were Dec 1st (when reading of the app started).</p>

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No, you don’t. </p>

<p>It’s better to send those out and have orphaned letters (if you do get into your first choice) than to try to play catch-up with the elements of your application that come from other people (teachers recs, transcripts/recs from your h.s.'s guidance office) if you don’t get in, especially since winter break usually begins not long after December 15. Colleges will keep what you send them until the rest of your application - including payment - arrives.</p>

<p>You’re not breaking any rules by having letters sent, “pre-applications” opened, etc., as long as you don’t send final, complete, paid-for applications to other schools.</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice!!
so, basically, if i have teachers/counselors send in recommendations to colleges, the colleges will save them even though i have not submitted payment or filed an app?</p>