<p>Wait, are you saying the Common Application website goes down, or just the schools with individual application servers (like Brown, UChicago, etc.)</p>
<p>This is silly. If the servers crash then they'll extend the deadline. If the school says we can submit on Jan. 1, we should be able to submit on Jan. 1 with no problems. It's not our problem if the school can't hold up their end of the deal.</p>
<p>I also submitted my online app to Emerson an hour late and I still got in. I don't think schools will mind if you're a teeny bit late.</p>
<p>ooo CA can lock you out? interesting.</p>
<p>"This is silly. If the servers crash then they'll extend the deadline." </p>
<p>Says who? Why stake your future on relying on the fairness and kindness of a computer run by a large bureaucracy? Just get them in a day early and be done with it.</p>
<p>"It's not our problem if the school can't hold up their end of the deal."</p>
<p>It will suddenly become your problem if the school chooses to enforce its deadline anyway.</p>