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More Early Decision Details

Most college early deadlines are coming up in a few days:
November 1, although a few are still November 15—you have to
check. Don’t worry though—as long as you postmark your
application by November 1, it will not be late. But, do check
each school as University of Michigan, for instance, changed its
policy and requires applications to arrive by their due date
rather than be postmarked. It takes admissions officers a good
1-2 weeks to open and assemble applications. They encourage kids
to apply before the deadline so they have some files to start
with. If everyone sent everything in November 1, it’s possible
they wouldn’t finish reading them. For those schools that offer
alumni interviews, it’s actually better to mail in your
application by October 15th to maximize your chance of getting an
alumni interview on time.

In a previous tip, we talked about early decision, early action
and single action early action. No matter which program you apply
under, it is a good idea to follow up around November 12th or so
to make sure all your materials were received. In order for your
file to be complete, the high school must send in their forms,
you of course must send in your forms (and the check) and your
recommendations must be in as well. Early decision has a very
compressed time schedule, so take the time to follow up. Not to
horrify anyone, but in Michele’s own case, she called Dartmouth
in mid-November to check and it turned out that her high school
had not checked early decision even though she had in her
application, so Dartmouth had put her in the regular pool. It
always pays to follow up.

This is the time of year where students need to finish
up early applications and get them posted soon. Don’t forget
about the schools that have a second round of early
decision—those programs can still increase your admissions
chances dramatically from the regular pool and you can wait to
hear from your early decision program before committing. Wesleyan
has a second round ED program to give one example.

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