<p>There are a few schools who's applications are due Jan.1, Dec. 15 and even later, but we have all the materials ready and I would like to send them out. Would it benefit the applicant to send out application so early? Didn't want it to "sit at the bottom of the pile" in a sense. I was wondering if ADCOMs look more favorably on those who send in materials early. thanks:)</p>
<p>Send them!!! They won’t be at the bottom of the pile, they’ll be at the top. Adcomms enjoy reading the first batch of essays, but then get over-saturated, especially when they’ve read the same theme over and over. Sending early shows organization, efficiency, motivation and desire. Send them! Did I mention, send them? Send them! You can always send follow-up updated info later, which is a nice excuse to contact the adcomms.</p>
<p>PS- send them</p>
<p>I agree. Send them now. Our kids had all of their applications completed and submitted by Thanksgiving of their HS senior year. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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<p>Yes.</p>
<p>I have a relative who used to be on the admissions staff for a very selective school. By the deadlines, they are bleary-eyed and cranky. Send now.</p>
<p>Plus, if any of these schools are rolling admissions you might hear back very soon. How cool will it be to know you are already in at a couple of schools?</p>
<p>Another vote for SEND THEM now. Also the GC’s will still need time to get their info out the door and better to do it now then when they get backed up with the rush of other requests.</p>
<p>O.K. In case you haven’t heard yet - send them!</p>
<p>Send them! Both of my kids submitted most of their college applications before the 1st of October the year they were seniors (each added one school closer to the deadline). In both cases, their top schools and the ones they subsequently attended were in those October submissions. They were THRILLED to have this monkey off of their backs and both enjoyed their senior years a LOT. Many of their friends were still agonizing over application over the holidays and in Jan or Feb. My kids didn’t have that albatross hanging around their neck!!</p>
<p>Send those aps now.</p>
<p>How often do we have a thread where everyone is in agreement?? </p>
<p>PS- have you sent them yet??</p>
<p>Partially dissenting vote:</p>
<p>If you are a candidate for something prestigious that will be announced within the next few weeks and you think the chances are excellent that you will get it, you might want to wait until the announcement is made so that you can mention your success on your application. (This is why likely NMSFs don’t submit their applications in August.) </p>
<p>On the other hand, if you are a candidate for something prestigious that will be announced within the next few weeks and you think that you won’t get it, submit your application now, mentioning your candidacy. If the decision unexpectedly goes your way, you can always send the good news to the admissions offices later. If, as expected, it doesn’t go your way, at least you got some value out of your candidacy. Nobody seriously expects you to send e-mails to the admissions offices saying, “Hey, remember how I said I was a nominee/finalist/candidate for [whatever]. Well, I didn’t get it.”</p>
<p>Another partially dissenting vote:</p>
<p>If you have applied to other schools under ED, EA or rolling decision plans, and you would attend (or in the case of ED, must attend) any of those schools, if admitted, over one of the RD schools, then why waste the application fee. AT $30-$75 a pop it can add up to a lot of money. There is no reason why the applications and supplements can’t be completed, all documents requested from the HS and then wait to press send until all early plan decisions are received.</p>
<p>Agree, if you aren’t in the ED cycle, hit send. My son just sent 2 more tonight. One more to go and he’s done with everything but a portfolio for a scholarship competition and already has two acceptances in hand from rolling admission schools. I know from watching number 1 son go through it and now number 2, they feel really good when they hit that send button and get the focus back on school and senior year action.</p>
<p>One school we visited specifically told us that they would MUCH rather read your app in Nov.-Dec. than in Feb. </p>
<p>Another consideration: if the school won’t assign an interviewer until the app is submitted, hop to it!</p>
<p>That said, there are some schools where S will wait til we hear about EA. THere are some RDs that he’ll send out by 12/1, though.</p>
<p>At some schools though, they don’t start reading apps until after the application deadline has passed, so it neither helps nor hurts to turn them in earlier. The app will just go in the student’s file until it’s time to take all the files off of the shelf and read them. </p>
<p>But since it doesn’t hurt, might as well send them. I don’t think it really gives you an edge, but it will be out of your hair, and it gives teachers and other recommenders plenty of time to fill in the other parts.</p>
<p>there are no “major awards” that will he achieved in the next few months! But you are right, it is a relief! </p>
<p>This week, I have sent out 6 applications and written 2 grants (for the school where I teach). I just wonder how many typos’s I made! I just caught 1 my daughter made inher resume. Oh well…</p>
<p>My D sent in 9 so far… only two left (after we visit next week) and one honors app. So my daughter was motivated and efficient… but now I have to be on the case of the GUIDANCE COUNSELOR!!!</p>
<p>My D stopped in to see her today to make sure she’s sending out on her end (ok, well UMD was DUE Nov. 1… I was on the phone the previous week about THAT)… and, get this… the GC says that I AM STRESSING HER OUT! HAH.</p>
<p>I followed up with an email, asking her to let D know as she sends things out so D can follow up with admissions as appropriate – which will be mostly on line, but I still want to make sure she is not waiting till the last minute… that is just NOT my style… does it matter for admissions? maybe or maybe not. But WHY WAIT?</p>
<p>She should be so lucky to have so many students/parents who are this motivated.</p>
<p>Now D is enjoying senior year and can focus on essays for scholarships. (And get a job!)</p>
<p>We’ve been told repeatedly by the schools we have visited that earlier is better. Our HS college guidance counselor (a former admissions counselor at a college) said the same thing. There was even an article recently where the Admissions Director of a Ivy stated that his staff is fatigued and somewhat cynical after reading thousands of essays that all sound alike, therefore you’re better off if you send your applications in early.</p>
<p>If only I could get my son to see the wisdom in getting his apps in early…he’s a huge procrastinator.</p>
<p>I think we’ll be sending them in early, too. After the rush to get a few in for Nov. 1 EA it will be refreshing to be able to look on the college’s website & see that all pieces are in before the deadline. (Frustrating that we are still awaiting HS transcript to be marked as rec’d!) I think biggest obstacle (like you, MomLive) will be getting S in gear as he’s enjoying this post-EA respite . . .</p>
<p>Even if there are possible major awards in the future there is no reason to hold off on sending completed apps. It is standard procedure to send updates if there is something worth noting. Also, the midyear report serves as a routine and mandatory update before the RD deadlines and that is often a place where counselors can provide information about special achievements as well.</p>
<p>So the consensus: might help but in any case can’t hurt. And it’s a great psychological boost for you and kid. Send them!
Now, of course, you have more time for buyer’s remorse 
– especially if her friends are still debating where to apply. I remember D1 – “everyone else is still applying to all these cool places, waah, waah!”</p>
<p>Don’t rush, but if your child is ready to hit the submit button, encourage them to submit the application. Counselors will send mid-year reports to us, so if anything big happens between now and the deadline, make sure your counselor makes a note of that. </p>
<p>Obviously, what I’m writing is specific to my school, but it can apply to the processes at others. Things are processed more quickly at this time of year. Anything we receive today gets processed today. Around the middle of December, the amount of items arriving, both electronically (student apps) and by mail (school forms) increases dramatically and we aren’t able to process all of the day’s submissions by the end of the day. </p>
<p>The admission officers who read “easier” early in the season are balanced by those who are the other way around, so for us, it’s not easier to be admitted if you are read earlier. I admit that for the first few days of reading, every applicant I see is “walking on water”. That lasts a few days, not weeks. After a little calibration, we’re all on the same page. </p>
<p>For my school, submitting early just means your status page updates more quickly and some of that panic caused by missing credentials is avoided.</p>