<p>"downloaded at the same time but that only the application will say downloaded if it is an "all-in-1" institution"</p>
<p>Not true for my d at Santa Clara and Scripps but I'm sure there is no need to worry.</p>
<p>Here is the Q&A cut and pasted from the Help Section of the CommonApp</p>
<p>"Question My supplement does not show as downloaded for my All-In-1 school, but my application shows as downloaded.</p>
<p>Answer
As an All-In-1 school, when your application is downloaded by the school, the supplement is also downloaded even though the application does not reflect "downloaded" under the supplement." </p>
<p>If there is any doubt, it maybe be worth a call to admissions or perhaps a specific question through the help section of the commonapp about the particular school.</p>
<p>If mine says "submitted" on 11/01, but hasn't yet been downloaded, have I met the deadline?</p>
<p>Yep. The school just hasn't gotten it yet. As long as it says 11/01, you're good.</p>
<p>Oberlin Conservatory received my app at, wait for it... </p>
<p>Nov. 1, 2007, 11:59 PM. I better get extra points for style or something.</p>
<p>I was stunned when so many kids from my school waited until the night of Nov. 1st to submit their EA and ED apps, "I was like, "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?" Even one of the best student sin my grade did this, and she was freaking because the system crashed and then she had to pay for overnight mail. I have a Nov. 10th deadline for one college, and I submitted on Oct. 26th...and I thought that was even too close!</p>
<p>Everyone would be wise to print out hard copies of the latest draft essay.</p>
<p>Now that we're getting into November, storms..freezing rain can cause regional power failures, especially up NOrth but anywhere on the power grid.</p>
<p>If you use electricity, don't count on it to always be there, like air. Last year at this time, our electricity went out for an entire week. Anyone who had their application materials printed out in hard-copy could keep working on them. Everyone else was in big trouble and lost a week on their application process.</p>
<p>So, be wise and spend for the ink. </p>
<p>It's not much. Print out a hard copy of your latest edition of those draft essays, pleeeeeease? </p>
<p>If I'm wrong, you can always use the paper later to wrap fish or something.</p>
<p>-- Mom of 3 who actually got in to colleges, despite frequent power failures</p>
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<p>Ahahhahhaha, I tip my hat off to you, MelancholyDane. That's straight-up class.</p>
<p>paying3tuitions - good advice! For those of you who only edit on the computer, printing it out ahead of time is a good idea for another reason. My son submitted an essay that was allowed to go via email with attachment. He attached the right document, but he failed to scroll down to the end of the page where he had left a draft version of one of the paragraphs. He resent it but the school will see the draft version as well. </p>
<p>Of course, doing things last minute and with mental gaps is the result of this being an overload situation for so many seniors who are juggling difficult classes, sports, activities, searching for colleges, studying for SATs, etc., and trying to be professional/refelective writers and self-marketers at the same time. An admission's officer should live in my house for a week. I think that would be an eye opener.</p>
<p>"An admission's officer should live in my house for a week. I think that would be an eye opener.</p>
<p>Admissions officers were students themselves, sometimes recent students at the colleges where they work.Some admissions officers are parents of teens. Most probably do know what students go through in applying to college.</p>
<p>Interesting comment. Well, I think my house could be very different from someone else's house and my teen's experience could be very different from another teen's experience. For example, the family across the street has a stay at home Mom who isn't as frazzled at the end of the day and cooks the most wonderful meals, makes sure the kids' laundry is done (in the drawers and not in the laundry basket downstairs) and is available to give rides to afterschool activities, visit schools, take things to the post office, whatever. We do things like talk about college choices, ideas for college essays, which college to visit and when to schedule it, etc. over the also very busy weekend or at 10:00 at night. Frankly, my kids are very lucky - I am there to talk about it - I can't imagine how kids get through this without some support. I am sure there are many families like mine and I am sure that there are as many different experiences as there are families. I am also sure that the many 23 and 24 year old admissions officers that I have met haven't a clue what it means to be a parent or necessarily what it means to be every type of student or know every student experience. And, I do worry that they assume that their experience is the current student's experience. It IS not. I went through this just 3 years ago and it has ramped up even more since then. I was a student once myself but my experience was far different from my kids' experiences. I wouldn't even attempt to make that generalization. I also know that my younger employees always evaluate things from their own experiences, which are quite limited at that age. I still wish an admissions officer would come live at my house for a week.</p>
<p>Good reminder NSM! At our house, it also got down to finding the only post office still stamping envelopes at night...NOT GOOD, folks, save yourself madly driving to Post Offices and throwing yourself at the mercy of people working the evening shifts at the Main Branch.</p>