When should I start applying for colleges?

zoosermom
Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:53:10 +0000

With D1, we visited schools all through junior year starting with a science open house in Pennsylvania in October and ending in Vermont in May. She then asked teachers for recommendations so they would be done before the end of school . Over the summer, she did all her applications and essays. She brought in her completed applications the first full week of school and was the first in her school that year. The GC had time to go over them, become more familiar with her circumstances, and check every detail. I think that was a good and less stressful way to approach the process and D2 who is a rising junior plans to do things the same way.