Sending in M.S. application well before the deadline?

Graduate School
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<p>How often do graduate schools give preference to students who send in their application very early (well before the deadline)? I have seen grad school pages that say "there will be prioritized evaluations for students applying before ____." None of the schools I'm applying to say that they do that on their website and when I contacted multiple people (graduate director, graduate advisor, etc) I never got a response from any of the schools on that particular question (they answered many of my other questions though).</p>

<p>Every M.S. program I'm applying to for Fall 2015 has a June or July deadline except for one that has a December deadline. All of these schools have a very similar application procedure (all are in Texas and use the common app that works for each). Thus, when I have my stuff done for my school that has the December deadline, I'll more or less have 90%+ of my application for the other schools done. This means that I have the option of having my applications for those schools with a June/July deadline completed in December or January. Would there be any reason to NOT send in my applications for those schools in Dec/Jan if I know for sure I'm applying to them? Would applying early make it look like my application was rushed or would it look like I am very interested which is why I got a head start? </p>

<p>One related/similar question is whether or not they admit some people before the deadline and I couldn't even get a response for that when I contacted my schools :(</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>You don’t say what field this is in but it should not be a problem either way. If the schools get a lot of M.S. applications, it is likely that they will start evaluating the applicants as the applications come in, particularly if they expect you to self-fund your studies. The only reason for you to wait a bit is if you expect to gt a better test score or letter of reference if you wait a bit. Otherwise, just submit them all right away. Your LOR writers will appreciate writing all the letters at ones…</p>

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<p>Thanks for your response. It is a M.S. Applied Mathematics if that helps</p>

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<p>Then My response is accurate. I expect that most schools expect you to self-fund and so they will likely look at applications as soon as they are complete.</p>