<p>Just wondering if anyone has any info on this circumstance. My son's high school sent transcripts 11/12 and the college still lists them as not received. He emailed the college Monday and they replied it could take 15-20 days for them to process them and post received. Dec 1st was the deadline for priority scholarships. I think they have them just haven't finished processing them. Does this mean he misses priority scholarships if they were indeed there just not processed. If so shouldn't they tell you to allow 15-20 days for processing. I mean he turned his transcript request in nov 2nd. It stinks after that its up to other people. Hoping someone can tell me it should be okay. I'm stressing over this.</p>
<p>For priority scholarships it states only those with “complete application documents” will be considered priority.</p>
<p>In my limited experience, adcoms are very understanding. It took me three weeks after our Nov 1 deadlines to confirm that all pieces were received and it took a couple of phone calls. In one case they apologized that their website didn’t reflect what their database showed, which was that the transcript had been received. We also got notified that something was missing (a residency form) and I just completed that last week. Neither school mentioned that my son wouldn’t be considered for priority scholarships. What school? Big schools often do take longer to get things processed.</p>
<p>For goodness sake, call the university and ask! If your child is isn’t able to call because of his high school schedule, it is OK for you to call on his behalf. </p>
<p>In our experience, the colleges wanted the student’s application there by the deadline, but were understanding about items being sent by high schools and other people (references) being a little late.</p>
<p>@Momom77, I’m dealing with the same thing here. My daughter’s apps were completed over a month ago but some of the colleges are not reflecting that yet on their app check systems. I got back similar answers from the adcoms about it takes several weeks to document the receipt of the apps. Since I am 100% sure they received everything and it’s just a matter of updating their system, I am not too worried but it might be a good idea for you to go ahead and call them just to be sure if you’re worried.</p>
<p>My son hasn’t heard anything and he was hoping to start NEXT SEMESTER (Jan.). He’s called and always seems to get different answers. If applying is this difficult, I can’t wait until he gets there;).</p>
<p>My son is applying to 15 schools because he is pursuing a performance based major and needs to cast a wide net. I have seen schools who “process” in dribs and drabs. One school’s applicant status site continues to indicate that they are missing a recommendation letter (sent over a month ago) and son received his academic acceptance last Saturday!<br>
I agree you should call the school, as you will hopefully learn the most accurate information from a human, not the site.</p>
<p>Our D was supposed to apply by CA time on a pre-specified date. We told her to let us know if she needed anything from us, as the deadline was fast approaching. She said she was fine. We got home from a dinner and she was in tears saying that she missed the deadline because of the timezone difference and needed our credit card ASAP. We gave it to her and she applied, before midnite HI Standard Time. The next morning, she frantically contacted the admissions advisor she had been working with at the U. He was very nice and understanding and said he’d personally mark the app as received on time, prior to their midnite cutoff. She lucked out and we tried to get her to learn not to cut things so close in the future but aren’t positive she really learned. She did get in.</p>
<p>I agree to call and contact the admissions advisor assigned by the U to your geographic area and try to get an answer. There are lots of kids who are very last minute, sending things even later than you and closer to the deadline. S was told that as long as he submitted everything prior to the deadline, he’d be OK, but only the U an tell you definitively for your kiddo’s situation.</p>
<p>Sometimes the best way to get responses from busy Us is via email. The added bonus is getting the written paper trail, that can help IF responses may change over time and you can point to what you are relying on. I especially record the name and other info of anyone who is HELPFUL.</p>