Latest Submission for Regular Admission to College with Typical Deadlines?

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<p>Hi, </p>

<p>I thought that this season of the year is usually the end of making timely applications to most colleges, but I just looked at the Web site of a college mentioned in another thread, and it appears that the college hints that not meeting the "priority deadline" of 15 January may not be an absolute barrier to admission. So here's the question: what cases do you know of a student who plainly applied past the college's usual stated deadline, but still got into a college that's competitive to get into? How much hidden flexibility may there be in some colleges' deadlines?</p>

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<p>This was 20 years ago, but my brother wrote an essay about procrastination and sent it off a day late to Stanford and got in.</p>

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<p>That's a funny story. I wonder if in recent years applicants have been able to push the deadlines even more and still get in, if not at Stanford perhaps at some other college.</p>