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Most Round 1 deadlines are in October, and even though often applicants may receive a kind of \u201cprogress report\u201d in the form of an interview invitation in November, this is no guarantee of eventual acceptance. Ultimately, then, applicants will not know for sure whether they have won a spot at any of their target schools until mid- to late December. So let us imagine the worst-case scenario: you submit all your applications in Round 1 but are not accepted at any of your target schools. Now, feeling discouraged and unsure of your application strategy\u2014not to mention dealing with the hustle and bustle of the holidays\u2014you must quickly research and select new schools, rethink your approach, and crank out still more applications in the space of just a few weeks to be able to submit in Round 2\u2014to schools that you may not even be that enthusiastic about. And do not forget that you will also need to pressure your recommenders during this busy time of year to produce more documents on your behalf on a very tight deadline! Are you rethinking your strategy yet?<\/p>\n
We recommend that instead, you change your mind-set from \u201cIf I do not get accepted in R1, I will apply in R2\u201d to \u201cI am applying to some schools in R1 and some in R2, and hopefully I will not have to finish my R2 applications.\u201d With luck, you will not need to complete the applications you have slated for Round 2. But if you plan ahead, do not overload yourself with too many applications in the first round, and work steadily on your applications over several months, you will be in a much better place both mentally and with your required workload should you have to move ahead with your Round 2 submissions. And if, in the end, you get accepted early or receive multiple offers of admission from your first-round applications, you will have lost nothing more than a little time!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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