College Application Strategies: Conquering The College Application Process
First and foremost, watch your deadlines carefully: the importance of applying to colleges early
Each application is stamped with a date that it was received in the admissions office. It is to your advantage to have your application complete in the admissions office as soon as the institution is poised to receive applications for the up and coming class. I emphasize that the application package is to be completed as soon as possible with the help of your guidance office. You the student, and your parents have to make sure that the institution has received your application, your essays, your SAT/ACT scores, your letters of recommendations, and any other supporting documents ASAP. It is your responsibility to check with the admissions office to make sure that your application is complete. Don’t assume that your application is complete until you have checked on it yourself.
Colleges and universities will read those completed applications that they received first. It will benefit you to be in the first group of applications that will be considered for admissions. Towards the end of the applicant pool, the institutions will become a little more selective which lessens your chance for admissions especially if your profile is not extremely strong for that year’s applicant pool. The admissions process comes down to the strength and depth of the applicant pool for that particular year. It is not personal but a numbers game.
I cannot over emphasize the importance of submitting your application way before the expressed deadline. “The … Read more