College Admissions Deadlines

College Admissions Deadlines January 2, 2013 Celebrate your New Years Eve with Ryan Seacrest. Dont celebrate your New Years Eve finishing up your college applications (photo credit: Jyle Dupuis from Canada). On January 1st, we celebrate the New Year all over the world as our new students finish their applications by the college admissions deadlines. Most of our students finished their applications a long time ago, but some students dont come to us until around the holiday season so weve got fast work to do. This year, we celebrated in four different time zones across the world. Thats quite a bit of confetti. If youre a high school junior or the parent of a high school junior, wouldnt you rather enjoy your New Years Eve? Wouldnt you rather not have to worry about finishing your college applications at the deadline? If so, consider not procrastinating when its your turn and start way earlier in the year. There is no need to finish applications at the deadlines. It sure is a relief to finish at the buzzer, but why give yourself this added stress? Instead, you should be enjoying your New Years Eve and not worrying about getting your college applications in on time. So, high school juniors and their parents, take our advice. Enjoy your New Years Eve. Dont do your applications at the deadline. Give yourself ample time to write, to rewrite, to proof, and proof all over again. Its a good strategy for the highly selective college admissions process. And its a good strategy for life! While youre here, read about the deadline extensions  that impacted this past Early admissions cycle (due to Hurricane Sandy).