css profile filing deadline

Shizuka
Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:09:50 +0000

Hi everyone. Here’s what seems an easy question.

The College Board 2011/12 CSS Profile Student Guide (2012/13 guide not yet available) states:

“However, you should
file no later than two weeks before the EARLIEST priority
filing date specified by your colleges or programs.”

If we want an “early decision” does this mean no later than two weeks before the "early decision application deadline which is usually Nov. 1st?

I would think this would be the case, but most schools also have what is referred to as the “Financial Aid Deadline” which is often a full 3 or 4 months later.

So, what I am wondering is what exactly is meant by “EARLIEST priority filing date.”

Thanks for any insight you can give.