<p>Most colleges have financial aid deadlines of March 1, and I was wondering if this means that things need to be post marked by March 1 or already received by March 1. I'm going to be mailing everything today so I just need to know if I should mail it Express to ensure that it gets there by Tuesday (the deadline), or if I should just mail it regular as it will be post marked by today then. Thank you!</p>
<p>They will often specified 'received" or “postmarked”…in the absence of that, it’s probably postmark date, but I wouldn’t take any chances and would use Express Mail. It’s not worth risking thousands to save $10!</p>