<p>Ok...im still a little confused about college applications. In september i will be a senior in high school, when do i start to apply to colleges. the thing is that i want to apply after having taken my AP exams(which are in may) and some sat subject tests(which are in october and november).</p>
<p>The thing is that my main college's early decision is november 1st...so should i not participate in early decision? will that affect my chances?</p>
<p>If I dont participate in early decision, when do regular applications usually start?</p>
<p>First of all, your Sr year AP test scores will not count in your college admissions. The colleges you apply to will see what Sr classes you are taking, they will see your mid-term grades and you can indicate that you are planning to take the AP exams. They will only see scores from AP tests that you took earlier in HS because decisions will come out anywhere from mid-Dec through April, and you don’t even take AP exams until May.</p>
<p>You will need to check the website of the college you are planning to apply early to and see what the latest test dates they accept are, they are usually very good in stating this kind of information.</p>
<p>Regular applications and early applications START at the same time, which is essentially whenever the application comes out (the Common Application will be out in July, and others will be on the websites sometime this summer or early fall). However, their FINAL DEADLINES are different; Nov 1 is a pretty common date when early applications must be in, and many regular applications are due Dec 31/Jan 1. Remember, these are generalities, the best way to get this information is to go directly to the source, the website for colleges you are interested in.</p>
<p>You don’t have to wait until you take your Subject tests to apply. As a matter of fact, you can send in the pieces of your application (application, letters of rec, test scores, transcript, etc.) in any order you want as schools will just start a file for you and collect parts as they come in. Just be sure that your name and identification number (social security or other) is on every part that is sent.</p>
<p>As far as increasing chances for early, that’s a more complicated question and depends on whether you’re talking about ED or EA and to which school. I suggest that you spend some time reading and searching some of the threads as this has been discussed a lot. If the college you plan to apply early to is listed individually here on CC, you should look at that subforum and perhaps post a thread there.</p>