misc. questons about apps

<p>1.) On avg, how early should we submit an application before its deadline? I know one day before is procrastinating, but I don't want to go like 10days before and end up forgetting something.</p>

<p>2.) On the time commitment portions of the app, for almost evey app in general, are we supposed to put the weeks as in the total num of wks we were "engaged" in that activity, or just the time we "actually did something or participated". I have been hearing that it depends on each act.</p>

<p>for example, I was engaged in a club starting from the 10th grade, but I think we have only had like 5-6 mtgs total for the entire 3yrs. would I put my commitment as 108 weeks(equivalent of 3 sch yrs) or like 6 wks from those mtgs.</p>

<p>for athletics, I have been doing my sportsince the 7th grade, and I did it sch year and summer up to 10th gr. then jun. and sen. yr, I basically put it off and only did my high school sport which was second sem. would I put my involvement as like 52*4= 208 wks, and span out my total hours from 7-10, and then as a sep activity put HS athletics. for HS ath, would it be 36wks(for a sch yr) or just 18wks, bec I was technically engaged in this all yr, but only did something and put in extra time sec sem.</p>

<p>thanks! same goes for internships, work exp, vol over summers, etc. what would the time commit. be?</p>

<p>I would like to know the answer for questions #1.</p>

<p>For #1, submit it as soon as possible. Early submission would allow you to track your application before deadline in case you need to resend anything. Also, don’t count on the CommonApp that would let you submit your application smoothly on the last day.</p>