Is early action worth it?

spiritinthenight
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:35:11 +0000

I would say do it if you have your app done in time, and don’t do it if you don’t. But it isn’t worth it to rush to get it done just so you can have it in for EA because it really doesn’t make that much of a difference. To me, the upside is knowing the result earlier, but aside from that it’s not the kind of thing you should be rushing to do. I knew that I wasn’t going to be done my common app in time to do any EAs (it took me a while to settle on a common app essay topic) so I just decided to do everything RD. If you have your common app done and it comes down to the supps, some supps require more time and thought than others. I spent a while on Yale’s. Some people might not have needed as much time. But just give yourself as much time as you need for the app, and submit it whenever you feel like you’re done. When it’s not ED it’s not worth stressing over.