Is submitting secondaries at this time early/on-time/late? - MD

[deleted966164]

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Parallel thread to the DO one...

 

[Engrailed]

Parallel thread to the DO one...

End of august is fine.
After labor day, not fine.
That is my understanding.

Adcoms and others, would love to hear your thoughts

 

[deleted927529]

@gonnif posted elsewhere that before Labor day = timing will have no effect on application and applying before the end of September = timing will have no effect on a solid application

 

[deleted966164]

Oki doc. So.. we have a week to finish some of our... precious... secondaries.

 

[diasterdream]

Same question. I think before labor day means that we are early/on time. After labor day, we are not getting as much advantages compared to people who submitted their primaries later than July.

@gonnif Would that be your opinion too?

 

[Engrailed]

@gonnif posted elsewhere that before Labor day = timing will have no effect on application and applying before the end of September = timing will have no effect on a solid application

Yes so I have seen many of Gonnif's posts where the guideline is as follows (apparently)
By labor day: best for best chances at the best schools.
BY end of September: decent chances at the best schools. Generally OK, but not optimal.
Onward from there: OK/low chances in general

The exception being that even if you submit in a less-than ideal time frame, star applicants will still rise to the top (unless they were just super late) and that taking time to write QUALITY secondaries is always better than rushing and writing mediocre/generic responses and of course, the stuff of nightmares...typos, wrong checkboxes on their portal, and the worst of all, WRONG SCHOOL NAMES (a straight -> RIP in most cases -unless maybe you had a 4.0/528 and maybe cured some disease haha)

 

[deleted969405]

What's the consensus on schools that send out secondaries late like california university?

 

[907914]

What's the consensus on schools that send out secondaries late like california university?

They exist and are schools. If they send them out late they likely operate on a later admissions schedule. Not much else.

 

[993444]

What's the consensus on schools that send out secondaries late like california university?

They exist and are schools. If they send them out late they likely operate on a later admissions schedule. Not much else.

Fun fact: California University was inviting students to interview after the 4/30 deadline this year. Yet they still rejected some of their initial waitlisters.