Confused About When to Apply?

Northstarmom
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:40:25 +0000

Being in Austria on an exchange would count as a major EC. I don’t know why you seem to be thinking that you have to make up something in terms of ECs. You sound ahead of most students.

In addition, there’s no rule that you have to apply to college when you’re a h.s. senior. It could be advantageous to take a productive gap year – working, traveling, studying something interesting , volunteering – after h.s. and then to apply during that gap year.