<p>I submitted my application to the university of michigan at about 11:50 on november 1st.</p>
<p>The common app website says: supplements 11/1, school forms 11/1, payment 11/1, download 11/2.</p>
<p>The application status page on Wolverine Access for Michigan says I submitted my app on 11/2.</p>
<p>Question: what does "downloaded" on the common app mean? Shouldn't my application go in the early action pool since I submitted it on 11/1?</p>
<p>i believe “downloaded” is when the college downloaded them.
as long as your common application, supplement, or anything in your control is in by 11/1, then you should be fine</p>
<p>Exact same situation with my son, also involving the University of Michigan.</p>
<p>He just called me to complain.</p>
<p>The UM web site says that paper applications have to be postmarked by 11/1.</p>
<p>I would be surprised if they would not treat a submission on 11/1 to Common Application as timely, but I have not been able to find anything about it yet, but I am just now starting to look.</p>
<p>The date and time stamp on common app submissions is eastern time. If you submitted on time for the time zone of the school in question you are fine. My D applied REA to Stanford at about 11:45 Pacific Time. I had a panic when I checked and it was listed as 11/2 2:45 am submission. Emailed Stanford and got auto reply about time stamp which says to just subtract 3 hours from listed time.</p>
<p>I had a panic attack too, but I was told that as long as the application was postmarked by 11/1, it should be fine.</p>