<p>so yesterday morning, i realized that i couldnt send some stuff out via mail by the time the post offices picked up, so i decided to send some materials in on the 2nd or 3rd. the supplement and application itself will be sent before deadline. would schools generally frown upon this? theyre not gonna be reading applications the first week anyways and stuff from the other side of the country will take longer to get there, i live in the same state.</p>
<p>these schools are harvard, mit, middlebury, and amherst.</p>
<p>Amherst says on its website that it WILL NOT consider materials submitted after the deadline. How strictly they adhere to this policy is anyone's guess.</p>
<p>I know someone who sent her complete app in end jan to Penn & still got accepted.
At most of the colleges they don't even look at the postmark date.</p>
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At most of the colleges they don't even look at the postmark date.
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<p>Not true as Chedva stated some schools do hold hard and fast to their deadline dates. With elite schools receiving thousands of applications and no stating why a student got rejected from a school, there could be a good possibility that late applications do not even make it to committee and those students are denied admissions. </p>
<p>While professional courtesies are extended to GC's and teachers as far as their recommendations, a student turning in a late application can viewed the same way as turning in a late assignment; at some places it would be no big deal while at others it would be seen as a lack of caring. Keep in mind that there are going to be plenty of students that will be turning paperwork in on-time and will be rejected so why would a college really bend over backwards to extend courtesies to a student who has already demonstrated that they cannot or will not follow instructions?</p>
<p>Err on the side of caution and submit your paperwork on time. </p>
<p>I know that for many graduate school programs late applications are not even looked at in the admissions process.</p>
<p>At the EA deadlines, I had a problem with Common App (it locked me out). I called my 2 schools at 9am the next morning (stayed home from school) and they both said it was fine. They allowed me to send my app as RD and they would put it in for EA. Both said that because I called so early, it was obviously just a mistake and they would allow it. Just sharing my experiences in case it will help someone this round.</p>
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While professional courtesies are extended to GC's and teachers as far as their recommendations, a student turning in a late application can viewed the same way as turning in a late assignment; at some places it would be no big deal while at others it would be seen as a lack of caring. Keep in mind that there are going to be plenty of students that will be turning paperwork in on-time and will be rejected so why would a college really bend over backwards to extend courtesies to a student who has already demonstrated that they cannot or will not follow instructions?
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An app sent on 3rd could arrive on the same day as an app sent on 1st-depending on your location. In my case the postmark seal is so blurred that they'll have to hire someone to check if it's 1st or 4th. Don't forget that at almost all of the elite colleges real admission process begins in end jan/early feb.</p>
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In my case the postmark seal is so blurred that they'll have to hire someone to check if it's 1st or 4th. Don't forget that at almost all of the elite colleges real admission process begins in end jan/early feb.
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<p>Yes, the process of reading and evaluating applications that the school has already received. It does not necessarily mean that they have to read or evaluate late applications especially when the student has the option of submitting the application on line. If all else fails they can always fall back on (and be legitimately within their right) to ding a student not meeting the deadline.</p>
<p>Everyone can't submit them online.
I would assume that adcoms at most the colleges are humans with non-metallic heart. It's not easy to reject an otherwise competent applicant just bcoz he mailed his app a day later.</p>