<p>does turning app in early actually give you an advantage?</p>
<p>No, it doesn’t.</p>
<p>Except in the case of a college or university that does rolling admissions. If an institution does rolling admissions–meaning that it admits students it wants at any time after receiving their applications, instead of waiting for a specified notification date for all applicants–then applying early is advantageous because the longer you wait to apply, the fewer spaces are left in the entering class.</p>