 Most students apply to a half dozen or more colleges. Those colleges have similar notification deadlines. However, programs within those colleges may have separate deadlines that will put a crimp in your style. Examples of sub programs within a college that can have deadlines that will give you heartburn are:honors colleges and other special programs within a college. The reason that the additional deadlines can be problematic is that students often want to wait until they have all their college decisions in to make a final decision on where they will go. |
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If you just found out that your high school senior did not get around to applying to a four-year college in the fall or January, all is not lost. While there are a large number of selective colleges that have ended the application period for 2013-14, there are also many colleges still accepting applications. Don't delay. Some close their admissions application period March 1 while others maintain a rolling admissions process.
The competitiveness of the college admissions process continues to escalate. Several factors contribute toward raising the bar of what's good enough to gain admission to your child's favorite college.
High school seniors are getting an extension to early admission deadlines at many colleges and universities due to the recent storms on the east coast. Some extensions are for students in storm affected areas while others
If your high school senior has recently begun to panic about college admissions applications, that is a good thing if he is a student who put it off all summer and just realized that deadlines are around the corner. It is not too late to get started but your child needs to choose some suitable safety and reach colleges, determine an application strategy (early, priority or regular) timeline and start writing essays. The college application process involves a great deal of work and can be stressful.