<p>Helpful tip: Many (though I won’t say definitively ALL) smaller schools, particularly not-extremely-selective LACs, are largely willing to accept late applications through the middle-of-February in my experience, even if their app deadlines are 1/1. They won’t say it on their website but call them and explain that you suddenly learned of their great program, you’re an interested boy with X.XX GPA and XXXX SATs, and can you still apply? I’d be shocked if any school ever said “no” to this.</p>