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Prepare for Early Decision

For most colleges, November 1 marks the early decision/early action deadline. Early applicants have a big advantage at top colleges—some, like U Penn, fill close to 40-50% of the freshman class from the early group. Narrow your search and prepare your apps in time for this deadline!

This week we are going to go over a few reminders for students who are in the process of finishing up early applications. If you aren’t applying this year, note these tips so when your turn rolls around you are prepared. These thoughts are based on some of the most common errors we see.

  1. Make sure you include the check or credit card information. Colleges won’t process your application without proper payment, and leaving it out will hold everything up.
  2. Check all your essays to make sure the name of the college on top matches the school you are sending it to.
  3. If there are any special supplemental essays, make sure that they match the college you are sending them to.
  4. About three weeks after you send in your application, call or email the admissions office both to make sure your application is complete (or, check online) AND to make sure they have you down for early decision or early action. Sometimes things get confused and with early, the time frame is very short.
  5. Finally, while you have your essays done for one school, take the extra time to complete ALL your applications and pile them up around your room. That way if you get in, you can have a giant bonfire, but if you don’t, you’ll be ready to send in the others with no fear of ruining your Christmas break. Better safe than sorry!

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