Question about an app deadline

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<p>From the Georgetown admissions website:

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Missed the First Year Georgetown Application Deadline?</p>

<p>Friday, January 11, 2008 was the extended deadline to submit your Georgetown Application on-line as well as the postmark deadline for paper applications. [note from me: it was originally the 10th, but was changed due to the application being down for a bit, so that's what's meant by extended deadline]</p>

<p>While the admissions committees prefer to receive application materials by the deadline, they understand that extenuating circumstances can occasionally occur that prevent students from submitting the application on-time. For this reason, the Georgetown Application will remain on-line until Tuesday, January 22. If you have missed the application deadline to submit all or part of your Georgetown application please note the following for important submission information and instructions:</p>

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<li>I submitted my Personal Data Form before the January 11, 2008 application deadline, but still need to complete and submit my Application Part II. Can I still finish my application?</li>
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<p>You can continue to submit the Application Part II on-line until Thursday, January 17 without providing an explanation as to why you submitted it late. After January 17th, you should click here to send an e-mail to the admissions committee explaining why the Application Part II is late. You will be contacted should the admissions committee have any questions about your explanation.

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<p>I don't have "extenuating circumstances," and I could get the application in on time if I had to, but I've procrastinated and I'd be able to do a lot better on it if I waited. I don't want to imply to Georgetown that I had some serious issue that would cause my application to be late, but if there's extra time available, I'd like to take it. My question is, is it fine for me to turn my application in between the 11th and the 17th even though the only reason it would be late is procrastination, or would that be wrong/unethical/misleading? Thanks!</p>

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<p>I can't edit my post, so I'm replying to myself instead, but I'd just like to say that even if you aren't sure, just saying what you'd do if you were in my situation or what you'd think of a friend/classmate/etc. who did this would be great!</p>

<p>What confuses me is that the second paragraph makes it seem like "extenuating circumstances" are the only reason why the app should be submitted later than Jan 11th, but the final paragraph makes it seem like as long as I turn it in before the 17th, it doesn't matter why I'm turning it in late (because it seems like they'd require explanations of all people, not just the after Jan 17th applicants, if it only applied to specific circumstances).</p>