Should you prove your love by applying early? Many colleges allow applicants to submit their materials for an early deadline sometime in the fall that falls before the regular deadline usually sometime in January or February. Here's what you need to know. Applying early lets your favorite school or schools know that you are serious about attending. Schools track how many applicants accept their offers of admission and release those numbers to the public.
A school looks good when a high percentage of accepted applicants chose to attend. So if they think you're likely to accept their offer of admission, it may give your application a leg up.
If you are accepted to your dream school, you won't have to bother with the time and expense of applying elsewhere. You can put your focus back on right now instead of one year from now. Some students and high school counselors believe that applying early decision gives them better odds of acceptance, but the truth is early acceptance rates and admissions standards vary from school to school.
There is a potential disadvantage to applying early, however. You may not have the opportunity to compare financial aid packages offered by other schools.
Read More: Search for Colleges. Most schools allow you to apply early in one of two ways: early decision or early action. Early decision is binding. This means if you are accepted through early decision, you are committed to attending that school, and will withdraw any applications you may have submitted for the regular deadlines at other schools.
You may not apply to more than one college under early decision. Parents and students should always talk to the financial aid office, and fill out as many forms as possible, to get some ballpark figures around their expected aid package.
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Withdrawing your application after a decision has been made is much harder. It is possible for students to back out of their early decision agreement if they can convincingly show that it is not possible for them to attend under the financial aid package that was offered. You do not need to apply Early Decision 1 in order to apply Early Decision 2. Colleges say that they offer Early Decision 2 for students whose schedules prevent them from applying ED1 to their first-choice school.
However, the primary reason that students apply ED2 is because they were deferred or rejected from their top-choice school. Although the Early Decision 2 admission rate is not as high as Early Decision 1, it can still provide a hugely beneficial bounce. Be careful, though: not all schools that offer ED1 also offer ED2. Be sure to research in advance what schools have an ED2 option, or check with your college counselor. A deferral means that your application goes back into the pile with the rest of the regular decision applicants.
If you applied Early Decision 1 and got deferred, you are released from your commitment to attend if admitted. How likely you are to be admitted after deferral varies greatly by school. All forms of early action and early decision are indicated in the Common Application, or whatever other interface you use to apply to colleges. Categories: College Admissions.
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