my app was late! help me!

<p>I am really, really interested in Wesleyan- so when I was late for my December SAT subject tests and couldn't meet their deadline, I was crushed. By that point, I'd already sent in the preap, transcript, and a few other things- but I just stopped filling the application. I never fully closed it. But now I just opened a Wesleyan email saying that they will allow me to apply if I get in all of my stuff by the 25th. Unfortunately, the guy I talked to from the email didn't tell me how being late would affect my chances of admission.
Does anyone else know someone who had a similar situation to mine that ever got admitted anyway? Do you guys think I should send some kind of explanation? Does anyone have general advice? Help!</p>

<p>Take the guy at his word -- send in the rest of the paperwork. Your chances of getting in if you don't apply are zero. Your chances of getting in if you do apply are infinitely better.</p>

<p>I agree with NewHope. They wouldn't offer you the opportunity to apply late if they had already decided you were some irresponsible person unworthy of admission.</p>

<p>And like NewHope said, if you /don't/ send your app in you /definitely/ won't get in, so what do you have to lose?</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>I don't think you need an explanation in the sense of an excuse (might seem petty, even though it's not), but a response to the email saying how sincerely you appreciate their letting you apply late might be nice, I think.</p>

<p>Okay. I'm working hard to get it in by the 25th, and hopefully I'll get that big envelope in... March? When do decisions come out anyway?</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure decisions come out March 31 or April 1...</p>

<p>i applied almost a month early and got in. go for it…</p>