How early is too early to submit?

[philstudent1991]

Any thoughts? I'm in philosophy but I imagine it's a pretty general question....a week before? A month before? I don't want my apps to get overlooked or anything but I'd lovvveeeee to get them submitted already.

[Today12345]

I'm no authority on this issue by any standard (I'm also applying this season), but I'd say you can submit whenever you feel ready.  I would rather not have applications hanging over my head so I've submitted 92% of my applications and it's only November 1st.

[fuzzylogician]

Are you done? Are you sure? Then submit. In most cases all the apps will be reviewed together some time after the deadline. Submitting earlier means that if the app goes through a centralized admissions office, it'll probably be processed somewhat faster since it'll arrive in a reasonably quiet time, or the process will just proceed as normal. Submitting a week or even three early shouldn't mean your app is any more or any less likely to get lost in the system than if you submit one or two days before the deadline, and anyway that's an unlikely problem. You should just follow up after some time to make sure you app was received, regardless of when you submitted.