@Plato23, it may have just been for kids who had listed Yale on the Common App as a school the student intended to apply to. When the deadline passed (she decided not to apply) D received an email that said, “If you intended to complete your Yale application, you must submit your Common Application with Yale-specific questions, along with the application fee or fee waiver request, by midnight EST Monday January 5. The Common Application portal will remain open for application submission until then.”