<p>I plan to go to another country to study without a doubt after senior year. Should I apply before or after I graduate? On the one hand, almost all individuals who take a gap year get accepted into college and then defer their admissions. On the other hand, one doesn't get the opportunity to right about studying abroad on their college application.</p>
<p>depends how your senior year is</p>
<p>if its at all lacking you may benefit from writing an essay about your post-grad exploits</p>
<p>Apply before, see where you get in, then decide whether to decline or accept the invitation to attend the college. </p>
<p>I wouldn't want to be overseas or somewhere, applying to colleges in the middle of that experience.</p>
<p>^ I agree. At least apply to your top choices before you go.</p>
<p>It would be nice to have a deferred acceptance in your pocket when you go. However, check the websites of the colleges you are interested in regarding policy on deferment of acceptance: many will NOT defer if you are going to study for CREDIT elsewhere during your gap year.</p>
<p>^Exactly as Caleno put it. If you want the credit you earn during your gap year to count, you'll have to apply as a transfer.</p>
<p>If you don't want it to count, apply during your senior year and then defer. If you don't get in where you want, just apply again the next season.</p>
<p>Is it ok to apply again the next year if you got rejected the year before. Does it look bad? Will your chances go down or up?</p>
<p>Applying two years in a row is fine. However, a rejection (not WL) the first year is telling you that you have an uphill battle and that you need to do something significant during your gap year in order to be in the running the second year.</p>