<p>Penn State student. Rising sophomore.Engineering student...</p>
<p>Is applying late a bad idea?How does it affect my chances? I'm retaking the SAT's and SAT 2's on January 27th.I cant take them this fall- i'm taking a ****-load of TOUGH courses this fall and i'll be working on getting recs from teachers,my essays,and building my resume(doing research projects,tutoring,clubs,etc.)- basically,preparing everything i need to apply for schools(everything but my standardized test scores). I simply won't be able to take the SAT's/SAT 2's this fall. Basically, i just wanna know if my chances of getting accepted are affected by applying late. Will my application be treated equally as applications of other applicants who applied much earlier? Am i fine as long as i send the application+application materials in by the deadlines?</p>
<p>Sorry, I'm not sure I understand... are you asking if adcoms care how early you send the application in before the deadline? In that case, I don't think they can make decisions based on that; when a deadline is set and posted, there's an assumption made by all that at least to the extent of the date of submission, everyone will be on a level playing field.</p>
<p>(I submitted my UC application less than a minute before the deadline --- which they extended, but that's beside the point.)</p>
<p>That said, try to be smarter than a few of my friends last year. They apparently failed to understand that the listed Stanford deadline of 3am is EST and submitted their applications too late.</p>
<p>I like to think it's Stanford's way of conducting some preliminary screening for basic knowledge. :P</p>