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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you mean early action or just submitting the application early. If the former, then the benefit is that your DC will hear earlier. [b]The downside is that if you have a good senior fall it won't be counted[/b] - that's only important if you need to show he continuation of an upward trajectory or there is some other blemish in the earlier years.

Another benefit of early action at some schools is that it gives you time to apply for additional programs. At Michigan, for example, you can't apply for the Honors program until you've been accepted, and honors admission is on a rolling basis so it's much better to be able to apply early in the cycle.

If the latter then it varies  a little bit by school. For some there is no benefit. Others have earlier deadlines to be considered for merit aid (I recall Wake Forest being one of these). Others may consider applications on a rolling basis - this is most common at large state schools.[/quote]

For students who have performed well while taking a rigorous course load 9-11 grades, a good fall of even straight A's barely makes a dent in your GPA at that point.  Did the math and it ends up being something like a .005 bump.  Our thinking is that colleges like to see that you are taking a rigorous course load senior year.   Taking several AP classes, performing well and submitting fall semester grades may be a good tactic for demonstrating performance under rigor, but many students will have some record of this prior to the fall of their senior year.  [/quote]

Hence the second half of my sentence...[/quote]

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