<p>I just logged on to common app out of boredom and saw that all my appps that I submitted on 15th SAY that they are DOWNLOADED on january 19th!!!!!! what does this mean? I submitted everything on on 15th!! I submitted every single crap before the deadline and even got confirmation emails for payment and all that! Why does it say it is downloaded on 19th?! Does it mean that colleges downloaded my app on 19th? or what?!? My heart is SinKing right now....Please help.</p>
<p>As Douglas Adams would say: Don’t Panic!
Submitted means something very different from downloaded. Submitted is when you hit the button; downloaded means that the schools have moved your app from the common app website into their own computer system. CA shows the downloaded date in lieu of the submitted date because it’s more recent.
You are fine. The schools know when you submitted, and common app has a record of it (if you want to double-check, go to the ‘supplement’ section; it will say something like ‘click here to see your (school X) supplement, submitted on (date).’
Hope this helps.</p>