IMPORTANT!! For all of you who submitted stuff late...

Applying to College
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<p>Here are some of last year's posts about this matter. Take it easy. There is hope.</p>

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<p>01-02-2007, 02:08 PM #9 (permalink)<br>
Dean J
College Rep</p>

<p>Join Date: May 2006
Location: University of Virginia
Threads: 12
Posts: 909 You'll find that most schools will take applications past deadline. It's in everyone's best interest. </p>

<p>For those trying to finish applications right now, many schools have officially extended their deadlines because post offices were closed today. Check some websites and admission blogs and you might see word about this. </p>

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<p>01-02-2007, 12:20 PM #1 (permalink)<br>
Dionysus
Good news for the late applicants last night </p>

<p>Hey guys, I got an email back from Cornell this morning. I got a very reassuring email that they would still accept applications if they were only a couple hours late. </p>

<h2>Good luck everyone </h2>

<p>01-02-2007, 05:52 PM #1 (permalink)<br>
SassafrasRoots
northwestern extended its deadline to tomorrow! </p>

<p>HUZZAH!</p>

<p>and i called and they said late teacher recs/transcripts are a-ok as well</p>

<h2>VICTORY! </h2>

<p>01-02-2007, 01:42 AM #2<br>
Def890 </p>

<h2>duke extended its deadlien to january 12th </h2>

<p>01-03-2007, 12:34 AM #31 (permalink)<br>
hrhcow </p>

<h2>for jhu people, i asked admissionsdaniel, and he said it won't hurt. [referring to post title: 12:03 am AM I TOO LATE???]</h2>

<p>01-03-2007, 05:05 PM #4 (permalink)<br>
olam36 </p>

<h2>I sent my Common App and supplements in a few minutes late for 5 schools. When I frantically called Penn, they were completely chill about it. From what I've heard, another CCer got an email from Cornell that they will still consider apps that are a few hours past the deadline. So RELAX everyone, you'll be just fine </h2>

<p>And I'll finish with that. Hope this calms some of your frantic minds.</p>

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<p>Thanks that was very intelligent of you to look at last years!</p>

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<p>Good idea!!!! That's reassuring!!</p>

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<p>THANK YOU for reassuring us. This should be stickied just for January 2 of every year.</p>

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<p>seriously - thnks a lot- i was getting so nervous about my cornell supplement which still isn't showing downloaded as status. (it was late by an hour)</p>

<p>My amherst supplement was late by almost 5 hours- what will happen to that?</p>

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<p>just letting other viewer know- amherst college reply to my mail-</p>

<p>Shreya
Thank you for letting us know. Just submit the supplement when common app will allow you to.</p>

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<p>See, it was worth procrastinating in the end! I think that's a very valuable lesson we can take from this experience!</p>

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<p>^ ROFL. I don't think that argument would fly too well with my parents.</p>

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<p>Would this work with mail-ins on Jan 2nd?</p>

<p>I'm not sure if the mail even runs on the 2nd due to Gerald Ford's "Day of Mourning" though...</p>

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<p>Wow. I'm glad that you guys got to submit your applications (because I'd probably be furious if I were in your situation and couldn't), but really, why impose a deadline if you aren't going to enforce it? Tons of students (myself included) worked really hard to make the deadline, only to hear, now, that it doesn't even matter. :/ Well, life's not fair. Best of luck, everyone.</p>

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<p>Thanks for this post! I was going to ask how to look for last year's forums, but huzzah for this!! But I would feel a lot better if someone confirmed for THIS year. I would try and call but for Cornell</p>

<p>"During our peak application processing period from December 21 through mid-February, our staff will be unable to respond to phone calls or e-mail inquiries about application materials."
- Cornell Website</p>

<p>Should I still try? Did anyone actually call in about late material?</p>

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<p>seclusion:
there will always be a group of people who are a few hours or a day late, no matter what you make the deadline.
colleges want those applicants because it means they can reject more so their admit rate is lower and their ranking on usnews higher</p>

<p>but the peace of mind is worth the extra work of getting it in on time</p>

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<p>JohnC613 </p>

<ul>
<li>do you mean to imply that all those who are late are rejected-?
-colleges want those students because being an hour or so late doesn't really say that the student isn't worth their college. its not because they want to mantain their rankings.</li>
<li>sometimes the situation is not in your hands- what if someone fell ill or some accident happenned or like your computer hanged up or the internet isn't working.
^these things happen and colleges are wise enough to make a few hours of exception for them since they know that something like this might screw a students dream and aspirations.</li>
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<p>Yup. I remember I submitted my Common App (+ supplement + payment) about an hour and a half past the deadline. All was fine; it was still downloaded and everything.</p>

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<p>nice
kyle</p>

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<p>I emailed Cornell for sure, and they emailed me within a day:</p>

<p>"We'll accept applications until the end of this week.</p>

<p>Admissions"</p>

<p>Ta-da!</p>

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<p>Yeah. Amherst emailed me saying that was fine too.</p>

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<p>does anyone know about Wash U?</p>

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<p>Not sure. I was impressed Amherst responded to my email so fast. None of my others have yet. I almost sent a thankyou email, but I figured that would just be annoying to them...</p>

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<p>are you talking about Wash U of St. Louis? because that's due on the 15th.. so unless you're planning to send it late, you still have time. and just a reminder, they have to RECEIVE everything by the 15th, NOT just postmark..</p>