<p>Hey my S needs as much time possible in his application. When it says that an application deadline is Nov.1st, does that mean he can submit it at 11:59 Nov 1st, or at 11:59 Oct 31st?
What exactly does postmark mean?</p>
<p>I believe any time on Nov 1.</p>
<p>InMonO, while I understand the impulse to wait until the last minute, may I suggest that you don't plan on that? You know Murphy's Law - if anything can go wrong, it will.</p>
<p>Servers go down or are overwhelmed, so your son can't get to his application or can't submit it. There's a blackout in your area so your son can't get to the internet. Storms close the post offices. (Dropping things into the mailbox on Nov. 1 is iffy; you need to drop it in an open post office.) All these things happened to one kid or another last year.</p>
<p>The tension level at 11:00 on October 31 will be intense, and your son will get little good quality, substantive work done at that point.</p>
<p>I urge you to think of the deadline as Oct. 30, and work accordingly.</p>
<p>He, I hope that doesn't happen. So it is anywhere on the 1st, though, right? I will try to get in at the 31st but you know, if there is a sudden grammar mistake I catch, or something....</p>
<p>Chedva is right. Our experience is that the servers always go down at a deadline. Plan on it. The schools (and almost anywhere else that has a deadline or a day when all scores are released) never seems to plan for the surge. This continues when they are in school. The deadline days for registrations you can count on the servers going down. S2 found out the hard way :)</p>
<p>Don't obsess about the grammar errors, the typos, whatever. Just finish and hit Send. It's the only way to survive and preserve any type of sanity in this insane process.</p>
<p>Chedva is right. Good advice! Think of the deadline as October 30th. I agree.</p>
<p>Chedva - So enjoyed that last post.</p>