<p>Do I walk into school on day 1 of my senior year and declare an invasion of all resources that could help my college cause?</p>
<p>you start on February 32nd.</p>
<p>I'm getting my applications together and writing my essays over the summer, so I have time to think and write a good essay before I have to think about school. As for actually filling out the applications, I will do those whenever before the due date. I'll put in transcript and reccommendation requests sometime before october.</p>
<p>At most schools you can send in your application or start a file in early-mid July. Of course this option is only for the uber-achievers.</p>
<p>How do you make those little dots?</p>
<p>ok. so right now, get recommendation requests in order. tell teachers in advance, so they can have time to relax. i waited until december and it could have turned out poorly.</p>
<p>but you can look at previous years for essay questions. in a large number of schools, there's a "why [insert name here]?" question.</p>
<p>getting a start on day 1 would be helpful, because i waited until the last week for that too, and i didn't get to finish one of them.</p>