to piggy back on this discussion, what does it mean by:
"Can I strengthen my application any more?"
If I have all my work experience, resume, essays, recs and application all done, reviewed many times by friends and peers, spent a couple months drafting one essay after another, and made sure all the sentences are grammatically correct, no spelling errors, and no switch in school names (
), how can I determine if the application is "strong enough" to submit?
I understand that if I started my essay writing in October and the app is due end of October, it's probably not strong enough to submit. But if I'm going to write my first outline and draft in the next couple weekends in August, and have at least 2-3 people do a comprehensive review of it (including my own mini-reviews), plus incorporate things from school visits, talking to alums and students (which I'm getting quite a bit of contacts from Berkeley and Stanford). Will that be "strong enough" by the end of October (R1) to submit?
Thanks!