I submitted my application early, but I'm wondering if I can make any edits before the regular decision deadline. Have any of you had experience with this? If so, how did it work for you?
After you've submitted your application through the Common App for an early decision or early action, you are not able to make changes to that specific application. However, if you are submitting to more colleges for regular decision, you are able to make edits for those individual applications before you submit them. It's important to understand that any changes that you make will not affect the already submitted applications but only the ones you have yet to submit.
Do keep in mind that each application is considered independent of one another by design, allowing for modifications to be made for each school. Thus, you could refine your essays, update your activities section, or even modify your intended major if needed. Always make sure to review and proofread your application thoroughly before each submission. It's a good practice to have someone else review your application as well to catch any errors you may have overlooked.
Remember that colleges receive the exact version of the application that you submitted at the moment of submission, so they will not see these edits made for regular decision applications. Any changes after submission will not affect what the colleges already received, nor can admissions officers view or retrieve updated versions of the application. So if you have significant updates that you wish a college you've already applied to would know, your best bet would be to email the admissions office directly with this information.
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