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<blockquote> <p>Yeah, they are going to be reading 4000 apps for EA, and 12000 apps for RD. Do you really think they check every envelope for the postmark date?<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>There is another way to look at this: they are going to be reading 4000 apps for EA, and 12000 apps for RD. Don't you think that they really don't need any MORE apps to read? So they will probably be looking for ways to reduce the pile rather than expand it. An easy place to start whittling it down a bit would be to refuse to consider those that were submitted after the deadline.</p>
<p>Adcoms are only human. Looking at a stack of 20,000 apps waiting to be read would be enough to make most people burst out crying. Get yours in early.</p>