If there is a high school senior at your house, tomorrow may be a very big day. For many colleges, January 1 is the regular admissions application deadline. Some students procrastinate until that day to file an application. Others use that day as a fall back application deadline if they are not satisfied with the results of their early application efforts.

In any event, make sure you ask the high school senior at your house to check final application deadlines for colleges of interest. Make sure they don't miss their deadlines. Some deadlines are later than January 1 and some roll through the spring into the summer. Many colleges will not accept late applications.