Was my app late?

Applying to College
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<p>I know that I shouldn't have waited until the last minute to send in my app, but... there you go. My situation:
- from CA, so I follow by PST
- applying EA to Stanford, whose postmark date is 11/01
- submitted app at 11:52 PM (EDT) on 11/01, which is only 09:52 PM (PST) on 11/01
- download date on CommonApp website reads 11/02, but my the pdf (the one that appears after you click the download date) reads 11/01/2008</p>

<p>I'm so beyond confused. I thought that the postmarked due date meant that I could submit my app ON Nov. 1, not BEFORE Nov. 1. What exactly did this postmark deadline actually mean? And am I completely screwed over for life? p____p</p>

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<p>I think downloaded means the school downloaded onto their system (or that common app sent it to the school) on that date. You made the submission date. =)</p>

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<p>congrats! party w00t!</p>

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<p>You're fine. The school downloaded it 11/2.:)</p>

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<p>Oh yay that makes me feel so much better! :) Thanks!</p>

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<p>But you did procrastinate. :P haha, have fun and good luck, im in the scea pool as well.</p>

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<p>Oh man, I had the same problem. I submitted it around 11:30 eastern time and it said "Submitted: 11/1", but they didn't download it until around 1 AM so it now says "Downloaded: 11/2".</p>

<p>Haha, yay... that was bad on my part, but at least it's in.</p>

<p>Stanford '13, guys! Or '14 coterminal.</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/common-application/591425-regarding-late-application-components.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/common-application/591425-regarding-late-application-components.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>as long as it was sent in before midnight (college time), you're good.</p>