3.8 GPA/ 200+ observation hours /Collegiate All American swimmer. When should I e-submit my PTCAS? I am going to be a senior, what term should I be applying for? FALL 2014

Your stats sound, good, but they shouldn’t really affect when you apply. You can’t apply for fall 2014 unless you’ve taken the GRE (or plan on taking it this fall), written a good essay, gotten recommendation letters, and finished all or most of your pre-requisite courses. If you have met these and other requirements, then you can submit PTCAS by the deadlines for the schools to which you’re applying (usually around December). You also have to think about whether you intend to begin grad school right after graduation, or if you are going to take a year or two off. Also, some schools begin in the summer, rather than the fall. I’ve written before about being happy with my decision to take two years off, but my circumstances were different and it’s the type of decision you have to make for yourself.

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To answer your question in the comments below, if all your pre-req’s are done, and you plan on enrolling in the summer or fall, then you apply now. As I previously stated, each program has different deadlines, and you’ll need to check them on PTCAS, but they are usually between November and January.