I turned my application in a little too late.

Applying to College
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<p>So over the weekend I got a letter from UMD (maryland) urging me to apply - it said that the fee was waived for me because I was a semifinalist and it also mentioned the Banneker Key Scholarship, which really got my attention. I had NO idea the priority deadline was November 1st, but when I finally realized, I quickly finished the application and sent it in... 3 hours late.</p>

<p>If I turned in the application at 3 AM November 2nd... 3 hours late... will I be completely disqualified from the priority application pool? My application was actually very strong, great essays and short answers and all that.</p>

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<p>It wasn’t 3am in Hawaii… it was probably about 9pm. did they specify EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) ?</p>

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<p>UMd has a flood of applications to deal with. Their software is a bit buggy and it’s possible that they won’t notice that you missed the deadline. That said, you can probably see what happened if you check your status online. I would not call or email - they are probably swamped and it is unlikely you will get much of a response.
I’m fairly certain that the deadline would be EDT.</p>