<p>Any advice would be much appreciated-</p>
<p>The deadline for merit scholarships at a school in California (Claremont McKenna) was December 1st. Due to some problems with my computer, I ended up submitting the application at ** 12:02 am EST **. Do schools in California generally measure their deadlines on Pacific Time or Eastern Standard? I may have to call the school if I can't find the answer, but I'd rather not as, if they accepted it, I don't want to portray myself in a bad light. And just in general, do the deadlines differ by time zone?</p>