Hey!
I was trying to submit my FUN form, but I couldn’t do it by the deadline (2/15) because of technical difficulties. I had to submit it one day late (2/16). Will this hurt my chances at admission?
You would think that they have a date for a reason, but who really knows…admission decisions fall into one of those black box areas. I’m sure they’ll let you know if they choose not to move your app forward for that reason.
Do you really think that if they think you would be an incredible addition to their school, they will completely change their mind because your form was one day late? I don’t think so.
Well, all the applicants that apply to that school are incredible. They chose their shoe ins during EA. I don’t know if the fun form is for RD as well, but if this applicant was EA, they were deferred.
This school is a reach for everyone at sub-10% acceptance. What differentiates these awesome candidates from acceptance or not is anyone’s guess, but it’s very small things - one of which could be following their directions for admissions process.
If they really want to know, they should call. But the form opened in January, and this student waited until the last moment - which by the way they warn you not to, in case of technical difficulty - to submit the update. There could be a valid reason why that was - but again, if there is, they should call the school. (Like they didn’t have midterms by then?)
So could they use this as a reject tool? Yes. Will they? Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe @MITChris can answer this question.