Help! I accidentally submitted past the deadline for days

Applying to College
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<p>Because my parents were on vacation during the new year, I got my friend to pay for my application. Thing is, for UChicago, payment was after clicking the "Submit Application" button, so once she had paid I assumed that it was an all-in-one thing, that the application would be submitted as well with the payment. </p>

<p>Turns out that there was an extra step of clicking something else to submit after payment (i didn't see the screen so I don't know what it looked like), and I didn't discover that I hadn't submitted it until Jan 04, 2 days after the deadline, when I returned to print out a copy of my app for filing.</p>

<p>what should I do? Is my Uchicago app doomed? I emailed the counselor but sheh asn't given me a reply.</p>

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<p>Explain the circumstances to the college and apologize, it's likely that they won't hold it against you.</p>

<p>Yeah, the terminology for All-In-One schools is confusing. It doesn't submit everything for you; you have to submit the app + supplement before they begin to look at your app, and if you do your app by mail/web you must do your supplement by mail/web as well.</p>