<p>I doubt that.
These are people we’re talking about, not maniacal, scheming sleezebags.
…Or are they?
;)</p>
<p>I see things differently, dudeman. I don’t think Stanford will differentiate at all between the apps pre-Jan 1 and after Jan 1. That is not the point of Stanford extending the deadline by two days.</p>
<p>The amount of money that Stanford makes on the applications submitted Saturday and Sunday is negligible compared to their overall operating expenses. This is a school with billions of dollars in their endowment.</p>
<p>I do sympathize with those students that rushed to meet the deadline. I can see how they think it is unfair.</p>
<p>I can see how they think it is unfair, but I’m not so unrealistic as to believe that submitting two days after the “official” deadline won’t have a substantial impact on my application.</p>
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<p>Lol. I wouldn’t be surprise if this were true though…</p>
<p>Haha somehow I don’t buy that this is the work of some ****ed off person of influence.</p>
<p>Stanford extended this deadline to get their acceptance rate further low. Seems like Stanford does not care about students who have worked in timely manner to get their applications in.
Did this happen last year too?</p>
<p>The opposite happened last year. They refused to consider over a thousand people who applied after the deadline.</p>
<p>Remember that Stanford didn’t really officially extend the deadline. They sent private e-mails to students who were thinking of applying, but ultimately decided against it. There were probably a great number of students to whom this happened, and Stanford didn’t like seeing that. They’d like to see their acceptance rate go lower, too, but that’s just a given. Completely different topic here, but theirs will probably dip lower than Harvard’s eventually. Just saying.</p>
<p>Stanford is only extending the deadline to people who submitted the supplement on time, but couldn’t submit the common app, because of a the payment processing delay from Sallie May. People who were ready to submit the application, couldn’t because sallie mae indicated that they weren’t processing payments until Jan 4. My son’s application was submitted and downloaded by the original deadline. He submitted the supplement on December 30, and then got the email from sallie mae saying that his payment wouldn’t post to the common app website until Jan 4. A few people, us included, figured out that if we marked the “pay by check” button common app would report the payment as submitted on the app could then be submitted. Some kids didn’t figure this out, and since the problem was due to sallie mae’s holiday schedule and not a technical glitch, it seems reasonable that Stanford accomodate those students who downloaded their supplement, and submitted their credit card payment by the original deadline. </p>
<p>They are not taking applications late applications from everyone.</p>
<p>No, that’s a completely different situation. We’re talking about something else comletely.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that we are talking about the same situation. Is the deadline extension posted publically anywhere? It is my understanding that only people who have submitted the supplement are getting the emails from Stanford about the deadline extension.</p>
<p>From everything I can see at this point, I think you are right, scubasue. I believe the emails that were sent out were automated. I am sure there is no one in the admissions office pouring over potential applicants this weekend. </p>
<p>The fact that an extension was not published on their website means (to me) that Stanford is giving those in the process of submitting an application the time to complete the process.</p>
<p>Warning: like every other previous poster, I am engaging in speculation.</p>
<p>Actually…I didn’t submit ANYTHING. At all. </p>
<p>All I did was type in one response into the supplement and save it, and that’s the email I got…although I’m probably still not applying.</p>
<p>Anyone who started the application but didn’t submit got the email…</p>
<p>I didn’t submit the application, the supplement, OR the payment, and I got the e-mail. I’d just listed Stanford as my SAT score recipient from the CEEB and added it to the ‘My Colleges’ list on the CommonApp website.</p>
<p>Wow! If that is true, I can’t even begin to tell you how much that angers me. Think of all the kids who will be able to meet with their teachers or advisors tomorrow and get that last bit of help that will give them a TOTALLY unfair advantage. AND, now there are going to be even more kids for those who followed the directions to compete with. </p>
<p>Totally unbelievable–especially for a school that prides itself on an honor code. </p>
<p>I am continually dumbfounded by the unfair advantages involved in this whole process, and here is another instance of that.</p>
<p>Actually, they won’t be able to consult tomorrow- the deadline’s tonight.
And if they’d wanted to consult with counselor’s or teachers and wanted to apply to Stanford, they could’ve consulted before the break.
That’s what everyone does.
scubasue, how would they gain an advantage anyway? I don’t understand what you mean.</p>
<p>On one hand, I understand it wasn’t completely the late applicants’ faults. Requiring CommonApp to register the payment before people could submit their application was a mistake that prevented people with complete applications from submitting, even if they were ready at the deadline. And if they did submit the fee but couldn’t submit the application, that’s even worse.</p>
<p>At the same time, yes it is unfair to people that got it done and had less time to work. I wish they would give everyone the chance to resubmit, but that’s probably too much work for them. (Though personally, I’d rather have decisions out a week later in a process that feels fair.)</p>
<p>What I mean is they have one more chance to get critique’s and comments from their instructors. Lot’s of kids who submitted on time would like to have their teachers/counselors take one last look at all the revisions, or new essays, they worked on over the break.</p>
<p>Bulletin for scubasue: Many applicants actually write their essays and don’t show them to teachers/counselors/others for “revisions”. Some don’t seek these “revisions” from others because they would consider it dishonorable, and some don’t because they don’t have that level of access to people who will suggest revisions to their work. </p>
<p>Truly, the whining on this board is mind-boggling. It seems clear that Stanford was hoping to avoid the kind of submission difficulties that many students inadvertently encountered last year; no one is trying to confer any unfair advantages on anyone. There was ample time for anyone interested in submitting his best work on the application to do so.</p>
<p>Don’t need the bulletin. I am aware that many students work on the essays completely by themselves (however, two SU tour guides now have implored students to make sure that they get teachers and not parents or friends, to proofread their essays before they submit them.)</p>
<p>I am also intimately aware that a HUGE number of kids applying to HYPMS are writing Common App essays in their AP Lit classes, and spending a LOT of time on them. I’d venture to say that there are very few kids that didn’t get any outside input.</p>