<p>My daughter has been in the hospital this past week and told me to mail out her AXA achievement scholarship application wednesday. I was so worried about her that I forgot! And the postmark deadline is Dec 15 (today!), and the post office window is already closed. I know, I know, I'm a horrible mother! So should I mail it out today and hope it gets postmarked (it won't) or should I overnight it on Monday? The scholarship office is closed, but I will have her school counselor call on monday and explain the circumstances. </p>
<p>Can you FedEx it with today's date? PS, you are not a bad mom, more like a loving, concerned mom. I hope everything is okay with your daughter. Good luck.</p>
<p>Go online and try to send it that way...download the stamp (it would have the date) and put it in the mailbox. If that doesn't work fedex. ALso call the counselor tell them she is in the hospital (give the name of the hospital...so they know that this isn't something you made up...I am sure they won't check, but it does give credence) If you have an email address of the counselor send more info...I personally believe that redundancy is better in this situation.</p>
<p>We had something due NLT than today also. I pd for USPS to overnight it on Tues. They delivered it to the office at 6 in the a.m, and thus, it was not signed for. I immediately called and told them the story. They told me no problem b/c I gave them a tracking number and had done everything in good faith and would take it from there.</p>
<p>Point is they actually do give some freedom to people, don't fret yet. Your daughter is more important and if they don't do you really want to hand your child off to a school that really sees her only as a number?</p>
<p>Overnight, also try to go to Mailboxes etc. right now! They have the ability to Fedex and mail usps. I am sure the 15th is the cut-off, but they don't expect to review on Mon. at 8 a.m. do they?</p>
<p>When it comes down to things like scholarships, the hospital is more important. Let's say that your daughter isn't at the hospital? If she develops some serious problems that prevents her from going to college, will a scholarship mean anything? Clearly, the scholarship is less important.</p>
<p>This is a special circumstance, and you should simply write a letter of explanation. They will definitely understand. Colleges and scholarships extend deadlines for natural disasters: those are publicly announced. A personal disaster is just as bad, and they will usually make exceptions.</p>
<p>see if there is any kind of fax # and fax it will an explanation that you are ALSO overnighting it...say the truth, D was ill, and she left it to mom, and mom, welll...</p>
<p>it will be fine, but spend the $ to get it there</p>
<p>they put the deadlines so that people will do it in a timely fashion, but I am SURE they know its the holidays and stuff happens to the mail</p>
<p>There is often a main post office open late somewhere in a large city. Also, there is often one somewhere near the airport since all of the express mail has to make it's way to where it's all eventually collected and sorted onto planes.</p>