Sending a PAPER application from overseas, please give insight, *freaking* out

Applying to College
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>So I called the college I'm applying to about 7 times within 10 minutes, and apparently sending a paper application means you get a paper decision, even though if you are lacking materials, you get that notice via EMAIL (malicious or what?? it's like they'll do anything to try to force you to send an online application). </p>

<p>Okay so this would be fine with me, but the notification date is MAY 1st and the reply date MAY 15th and I'm OVERSEAS this semester with a measly P.O Box Address ... who KNOWS what happens to mail overseas! It can be devoured by the Atlantic Ocean for christ's sake ... and they trust it enough to get to me one time to evaluate and reply by the 15?? FURTHERmore, I cannot call to get my decision ... seriously, what if, it's the 14th, and I haven't received any mail, and I call, and email, and they have the decision online, are they really going to be cruel enough to say "nope, sorry, next time use the online app"??</p>

<p>And before I get negative comments, I <em>CANNOT</em> use the online application cause the internet overseas is really unreliable & we don't have a credit card cause they don't use them in the country I'm in and we canceled our previous ones before moving & my HS isn't even registered in the online database so it's a whole deal and a 1/2 to get my online application to look half decent. </p>

<p>Can any internationals who applied by paper soothe these distraught feelings? :(</p>

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<p>I'm assuming the U.S. military controls your mailing system. In that case, it should take only a week for large packages to arrive and much less for packages that are smaller.</p>

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<p>Call them up once the decisions are out...just be really nice to them and they ll tell u r decision over the phone.</p>

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<p>Call them NOW and figure out what you need to do. If they say "wait for the mail" say "well, the mail may take longer to get here and I might not recieve it before the deadline. If this happens, what should I do?"
Tons of international students apply each year, so i'm sure they reach this issue often.</p>

<p>My best suggestion is write down on a piece of paper all the pros/cons of each college you applied to, then decide which ones you would want to attend if accepted. Also, rank each college in order that you would attend, and this way you'll have an easy turn-around period for when you start getting acceptances. Don't wait until when you hear your decision to decide which school you want to go to the most. If you do that, you'll be stuck making a life decision in a week or less. If you get rejected from your first choice, then simply go to your second.</p>

<p>But next time, do it online. Soooo much easier</p>