<p>I'm an international student applying to Smith College. I sent everything in before the deadline, but the postage company just told me that my CSS profile and attached documents might not make it to the college on time. I already contacted the offices, and have received no word from them yet.</p>
<p>The deadline is January 1st, I sent the papers in on the 27th.
Will the college look at the day I sent it or the day in which they received it? I would appreciate your help.</p>
<p>
It depends on the school. Some will want “postmark by the deadline” and some will use “receive by the deadline”</p>
<p>Just send an email to the admissions office letting them know it’s on its way, and ask if it will be accepted if it arrives shortly after the 1st.</p>
<p>I’m a little confused, though. Ordinarily, the CSS Profile is submitted online. Why would you be mailing it?</p>
<p>Where did you SEND that Profile? It does NOT get sent to the college. It is submitted to the College Board. You would send supporting documents to the college (tax forms, etc) but NOT the Profile itself. And you would not send the supporting documents to the College Board.</p>
<p>Please clarify what you mailed…and where!</p>
<p>I sent the profile online and mailed the attached documents through snailmail. It says the “date of receipt” is what counts. However, I do not understand if they mean the receipt on the mail, or the actual retrieval of the papers.</p>
<p>If the school says “date of receipt,” they mean day they receive it. The day the mail receives it is the postmark date. </p>
<p>Most schools handle financial aid and admissions separately. Send an email to the financial aid office.</p>