<p>I've been on the fence about applying to Harvard and decided not to, but now I'm thinking I should. I can have the application done by the deadline but if the scores and transcript get there after the deadline would it not matter anyway? Just wondering; it's not the end of the world if I can't apply.</p>
<p>Your app will be considered. School docs trickle in. H is accepting January test sittings so your scores are certainly acceptable after Jan 1</p>
<p>They will most likely still be considered</p>
<p>They will be (: you could email them about it</p>
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No. They WILL be considered. Apply logic here.</p>
<p>H and others spend hundreds of thousands of dollars and valuable man-hours to get a great applicant pool. They don’t turn around and create a chasm at midnight, Jan 01 whereby everything that gets submitted after goes into an auto-delete folder or documents with a 2013 postmark instantly get shredded or dropped into a bonfire upon arrival in Cambridge. </p>
<p>And Harvard contacts schools and students for missing items – what a concept, eh?</p>
<p>*They actually want to read your file and find a reason to admit you. *</p>
<p>Imagine that. Just get your stuff in.</p>
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or believe the process I’ve just laid out an NOT email them.</p>
<p>Yes, almost all colleges have a couple days’ standby time for documents. And some school-related stuff can arrive really late.</p>