<p>so I was up late rewriting my essays (because I despised them, and "send them in early!" just didn't work for me) and what do you know, once I'm ready to submit them, the internet server shuts down.
therefore starting my race against the clock, hooking up my cellphone to transfer the documents, hoping the internet on my cell phone would work, yadda yadda
and what do you know? nope, my "files" were incognito
then I had to call my friend, figure out a way to send them (copy and pasting it through e-mail)
and then...we both figured out I hadn't beat the clock. rather, I was about 3 minutes late or so.
see? that's what writer's block does to you. that's what being a perfectionist does to you. that's what happen when fate ****s you over.
now, I'm just wondering, do you think it's possible that uchicago will still accept my application?
I know that it might get transferred to RD, but seriously, is it possible? do I have to call uchicago to confirm? because I will. I seriously would leave voicemails asking. I want my essays read, and I want them read so I can know "their" decision by mid-December.
bah, I couldn't sleep last night.
help?</p>
<p>chill. chicago, like every other university, is trying to increase not decrease its applicant pool. if they don't consider you EA, they will figure you might be peeved and not apply RD, and hence that nitpicking over 3 minutes (baker island or whatever time) may cost them a precious application. i will make you a friendly wager that if your app is otherwise complete they'll consider it. good luck!</p>
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You submitted it in the general time frame, so you're fine. We like to sound strict to encourage people to submit as on-time as possible, but a couple of minutes or even hours late is fine. Sorry to stress you out so much, but having them on-time makes it easier on our side to process the applications. In this whole process, you may seem like you're doing all of the work, but our people have to do a lot of work too! Waiting for pieces of the application can slow down the process.
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