Help on Admissions Deadline

hi! I know it was a bad idea to wait this long to submit, but there’s nothing I can do about that now. I waited until just past 9 pm PST to attempt to submit my Stanford Early app because I had read that Stanford based its deadlines on Pacific Time, but I got this message on the Common App: “The deadline for the start term and admission plan you have selected has passed. Please review this college’s deadlines and, if available, choose another start term or admission plan with a future application deadline date.”

If Stanford really is accepting the app up to 11:59 PST, what am I supposed to do? The Common App literally will not let me submit under Early Action- am I supposed to submit regular and use the Timestamp as proof that I submitted in time??

I think you should contact someone at Stanford or Common app, immediately. According to the status page, the data downloading lasts till November 17, so if you could let them know (and you also have proof). These are the issues why Stanford will have a totally new portal from next year on.