<p>I've heard a lot about applying to colleges that have higher standards then others to increase your chances of being admitted. I'm going to be sending out applications out pretty much august 1st when the new applications come out. Will this help me get in?</p>
<p>Nope. Nothing gets looked at by the decision-makers until after the deadline anyway.</p>
<p>but the rep from msu told me to send in my stuff as early as possible</p>
<p>Depends if the school you're referring to has rolling admissions or not. By MSU, do you mean Michigan State?</p>
<p>"early" shouldn't mean rushed with crap stuff in it.
relax. try to take a day in the sunshine or something, lie down and stare and think about nothing. get essay thoughts in your head, brainstorm, whatever. you want to shw you're early but also quite thoughtful and cohesive
not sending stuff early for the 'sake of sending it early' its not going to help you at all.</p>
<p>its only july. and it will only be august. and soon, it will only be september. get a few essay topics and thoughts from other colleges pooled out somehwere, read them over and over and expect days of writers block released by a few hours of frantic writing. i think thats when the best comes out f ya</p>
<p>thanks bob. and yeah i mean michigan state by MSU</p>
<p>August 1st???? That's overdoing it a bit. You should at least wait until school starts again so you can ask your counselor questions if you need to. Sending your applications before the end of September probably isn't worth it. </p>
<p>The only way this will increase your chances is if you apply Early Decision, which means you must attend if accepted. And if you're applying to anything but Top 25 schools, it probably won't make much of a difference anyway.</p>
<p>I'm from Michigan and although I personally am not interested in Michigan State (nothing wrong with it; it's just not for me), my counselor said that for rolling admissions, you should generally just have the application in by the end of October. Several students from my school apply to Michigan State, so I assume that that's applicable there.</p>