Does applying earlier give you a boost?

ucbalumnus
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:45:47 +0000

There is an advantage to completing the application well before the deadline: no stressful time at 11:58pm on the deadline day when the servers are overloaded and may return HTTP 5xx codes when trying to submit.

Also, if the application needs support from others (i.e. recommendations or transcripts), then asking for them early means that you application will not be rejected as incomplete if the others are slow for some reason.