East Coast and West Coast Deadline times

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>If an application is due on 1/1, does that mean by midnight on 1/1 by THEIR midnight, or MY midnight? </p>

<p>If I'm on the West Coast, applying to an East Coast school, do I have to hit the submit button by 9:00 p.m. then? Or do I still have until 11:59 p.m.?</p>

<p>And vice versa:
If I'm on the East Coast applying to a West Coast school and application is due by 11:59p.m. on 1/1, do I have until 2:59a.m? Or is it still by my 11:59p.m. on 1/1, which would be 8:59 on the West Coast?</p>

<p>I know I'm not the only one curious about this.</p>

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<p>I believe it's due 11:59 Eastern Time.</p>

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<p>You turn in the application when the specific school's time zone turns 11:59.</p>

<p>For example, you turn in the Stanford app. 11:59 PST.</p>

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<p>ok thanks!</p>

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<p>oh my god. I didn't know it had to be in by midnight EST! Some of my apps were turned in after 10 pm PST. Should I call the colleges to let them know? The common app still let me submit all of them, but not all have been shown to be downloaded yet. I paid the application fee by the deadline, I just didn't submit my application right away. Also on some of my apps it shows my application having been downloaded but not my supplement. Is this because I submitted my supplement later? Will they not look at my application because of my supplement? HELP PLEASE! I'm freaking out right now.</p>

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<p>Ask the schools specifically. I don't know where anybody gets these rules from, because I see no reason why schools would coordinate that.</p>

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<p>The rules people are stating here are not actual rules; commonapp.org bases its deadlines on EST, but allows colleges to set their own specific deadlines, which may or may not be in a different time zone and may or may not be padded to allow a grace period of minutes or hours.</p>

<p>If commonapp.org allowed you to submit the application (instead of bouncing it with a message that the deadline has passed), you got it in soon enough.</p>

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<p>Thanks geek_mom! I just checked the status of my applications today and they all showed that they were downloaded. Hopefully this means I'm in the clear! :)</p>

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<p>Yup, cutie_pi, you're in the clear. Good luck!</p>

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<p>I submitted my app before midnight PST to Pomona (30 minutes into 1/3 though for the common app), but it hasn't been downloaded yet. I assume this is possibly because it's the weekend. If it hasn't been downloaded by Monday, should I call?</p>

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<p>lolcats4, call if you want -- but if commonapp.org didn't bounce you with a message saying it's too late to submit, then you're in the clear.</p>

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<p>They didn't bounce me, so I guess I'll relax haha</p>

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<p>Yeah, relax. :) I can tell you that geek_son applied to Harvey Mudd on a Saturday, and his app wasn't downloaded until the following Monday. Since the Claremonts seem to share some computing functions (e.g., Scripps computers handle admissions event registrations for all 5 C's), this may give you some reassurance.</p>