<p>I was wondering whether it would be alright for my mailed-in forms (secondary school report, teacher recommendations) to reach the offices of admissions first before my online forms were submitted. I'm up to my nose in work until early December and sadly don't have sufficient time to finish my CommonApp essay and my supplements until later. I was planning on submitting the online forms late December. Would this be alright? </p>
<p>I've heard mixed views on this so I was hoping someone would set it straight.</p>
<p>Yes, that's fine. Admissions will set aside your mailed-in forms and retrieve them when you send in your Common App and supplement. Remember that it's in their interest to have more applications, not less.</p>
<p>bluebubbles: apply some logic here -- do you think it would be in their interest to just had over all the "unattached" submitted materials to the cyclops who mans the huge bonfire just outside the mail room?</p>