@guccigarlic If you think you can get postponed/accepted, apply in the fall and then submit your stellar grades. If you think you’ll get flat-out rejected, wait until second semester to apply. If you get postponed, I know several people who got better senior grades, built up extracurriculars, and even wrote letters of Continued Interest to the admissions department. Apply early if you think you won’t get flat-out rejected (which they usually don’t do too much of in the fall–they wait until they see who else is going to apply before doing that).