Timing Your College Applications

Originally published in The Hindustan Times Education Section

December 31^st has a special meaning to applicants planning to study in the US in 2014.  The general perception is that unless you are applying early decision, you submit your applications around December 31^st and then wait until the end of March to get your decision. Well, the reality is that there are a bunch submission opportunities before December 31^st that can yield good news long before March 2014.

Getting Your Act Together By November

Originally published in Hindustan Times, Education Supplement

You’ve been thinking about getting your college applications together for a while now. But between class work, homework, tuitions and life, you haven’t made much headway yet.  Don’t despair - if you want to apply to colleges in the US or UK, there is still time to meet the January deadlines.

Early Decisions

Originally Published in Hindustan Times Education

Many students applying to the US for undergraduate studies are intensely focused on early application rounds coming up on November 1^st.  Should you apply? The basic idea of the early deadline is that if you apply early you will get a decision before Dec 15^th (as compared with the regular decision deadline on Jan 1 where you get a decision by April 1). The variations on this deadline are Early Decision, Early Action and Single Choice Early action.