Making College Decision Early

DadTwoGirls
Sat, 05 Aug 2017 16:53:55 +0000

I think that it is fine to apply as soon as they are accepting applications, then wait a month or two and see if you get a quick response. If you get a quick acceptance from your top choice and if the finances are okay then you might be done early (while still keeping up with your high school studies of course). However, you probably should be ready to apply to other schools before their deadlines if you don’t hear back quickly.

Some schools respond quickly, some take a while. If you are closer to the cutoff for admission, it might take longer but you never know (I am aware of one student whose top choice was an excellent fit that should have been a “quick admit”, but it took a lot longer than it should have. It ended up being because someone had left from the admissions office and they were just behind. The student was accepted as soon as the school caught up on their backlog).