Applying Early to College is a Must

Applying Early to College is a Must July 4 You have to commit to one college eventually. You might as well commit to a school for the Early Decision or Early Action round so your odds of admission are significantly improved. Applying Early to college is a must. If youre a rising senior and youre hoping to gain admission to a highly selective college next year, we hope youll be applying Early Decision or Early Action to your dream school(s). If you want to go to Columbia, we hope youll be applying Early Decision. If you want to go to UNC, we hope youll be applying Early Action. If you want to go to Duke, we hope youll be applying Early Decision. Its the way to go. Its the only way to go. Lets say that youre undecided on where you want to go to college next year. Thats very common! The vast majority of students havent yet honed in on exactly which university is their first choice school. Its only the beginning of July, after all, and high school students are known to be procrastinators. The Early Decision and Early Action deadline isnt tomorrow morning so they figure they still have time and maybe they wont even apply Early and instead just wait it out and apply in the Regular Decision round so they dont have to make any sort of commitment. But these students are making a major mistake. The odds of gaining admission to your dream college are significantly better in the Early Decision or Early Action round as compared to the Regular Decision round. Just check out our comprehensive Ivy League Admissions Statistics  if you want to see the data for yourself. Its not up for debate. The data is the data. Come a year from now if youre a rising high school senior, youll only be attending one school anyway. Youll likely have to make a commitment to a university at some point (unless youre denied admission by all but one school yikes!). So why not make it now? Why not use one of the best cards you have available to you by applying Early? So apply to your dream school Early. And if you dont yet have a dream school, find one. Dont be a dreamer, be a doer, as Greys Anatomy and Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes said in her recent Dartmouth commencement address. Start doing now.