I applied to a bunch of schools on the common app at around 1130 central time on January 1. The common app says that all applications are due 11:59 pm your time zone, and I live in the central time zone. However, common app records all its time in eastern time, so it registered my application as being submitted January 2 ET. I’m a little concerned because a lot of my colleges had a Jan 1 deadline, and it says my application was submitted on January 2. Will the colleges know this or should I contact them?
You’re fine…it’s due 11:59 pm in the applicant’s local time zone. You have nothing to worry about. Colleges want to review your applications and will not disqualify you over this.