When are your kids actually filling common app and submitting applications?

[Anonymous]

Some places, presumably that have rolling admissions, allocate merit scholarships on a first come first serve basis.

[Anonymous]

Anyone have the scoop on U Mich preferring early applications that was mentioned up thread? Had not heard that before and it is my child’s #1

[Anonymous]

Has anyone here NOT submitted or finished or even started?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have the scoop on U Mich preferring early applications that was mentioned up thread? Had not heard that before and it is my child’s #1

Urban legend.

[Anonymous]

During the Summer DS wrote answers to all six common app essay prompts, then picked the one he liked best and modified it for the next few months. The other things he wrote morphed into supplemental essay responses.

As for submitting, he submitted about 48-72 hours prior to the deadlines of most schools. Were advised to not wait until last day due to possible glitches / overloaded systems with Common App but get it in when he was completely confident with his application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have the scoop on U Mich preferring early applications that was mentioned up thread? Had not heard that before and it is my child’s #1

Do you mean EA or prior to the deadline? They definitely prefer EA to the point that students applying from our school are only allowed to apply EA per the college office (unless they are rejected elsewhere ED).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD has already submitted and sent all 10 of her applications. Now for a stress-free senior year!

Did she not need any teacher or counselor recs?

Of course, but she has done her part. The recs and transcript will be sent by the school next month.

I spoke to a school with optional teacher recs and they said they would read the application at some point and it may be before the recs came in. We were told to hold until the school was ready. Of course, our school college counselor is OOO and not back for another week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD has already submitted and sent all 10 of her applications. Now for a stress-free senior year!

Did she not need any teacher or counselor recs?

Of course, but she has done her part. The recs and transcript will be sent by the school next month.

I spoke to a school with optional teacher recs and they said they would read the application at some point and it may be before the recs came in. We were told to hold until the school was ready. Of course, our school college counselor is OOO and not back for another week.

This is really upsetting to read actually. We're at a huge school so this will be slow for us. This means we have to have this timeline which is "just right" and that is incredibly hard when you don't control all the moving pieces. Had you not written that my dd could have been completely screwed without transcripts!!! I absolutely hate and resent this awful college admissions bullshit.

[Anonymous]

Kid dependant. One of them had 5 applications in, 4 EA and 1 ED, on Aug 2. The other had Pitt (rolling admission) in sometime in late Aug, and another 5 by Nov 1. Relieved stress to hear from Pitt early

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DD has already submitted and sent all 10 of her applications. Now for a stress-free senior year!

Did she not need any teacher or counselor recs?

Of course, but she has done her part. The recs and transcript will be sent by the school next month.

I spoke to a school with optional teacher recs and they said they would read the application at some point and it may be before the recs came in. We were told to hold until the school was ready. Of course, our school college counselor is OOO and not back for another week.

This is really upsetting to read actually. We're at a huge school so this will be slow for us. This means we have to have this timeline which is "just right" and that is incredibly hard when you don't control all the moving pieces. Had you not written that my dd could have been completely screwed without transcripts!!! I absolutely hate and resent this awful college admissions bullshit.

No. Not transcripts

This is referring to optional items. Some school require LOR, some don’t.