Common app submitted 1 min late

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Due to a computer glitch. DC was submitting a bunch of EAs last minute. They are upset that one college that very much favors EA over RD the application was submitted 1 min late because the computer went into a spin when they hit enter at 11:58pm - by the time it finally resolved and was able to go through it was 12:01. Is it worth reaching out to someone? Who should they reach out to? Common app? School? Admissions officer who visited school?

Absolutely reach out! Ignore the idiots here. Happened to my DC last year. The application to his top choice school went in a couple minutes past midnight. He wrote an email to the admissions officer confirming if his app would be part of the EA pool and they did. I suspect they are not hard and fast about these things and just count all apps downloaded the next morning and towards EA.

Rather than draw attention to his tardiness, DC waited until the portal set up email came in a few days later and emailed the AO stating that he submitted the application EA (Common App picklist selected) but the received date on the portal showed a date past the EA date and asked AO to confirm if he's part of the EA pool. Got confirmation that he was on the same day and eventually admitted too!

Let's face it. Sh*t happens. If a college is not willing to overlook such minor things, and want to be a-holes about it, do you really want to give them your money?

A kid who submits something as important as college app late will likely be the PITA kid who wants to submit their assignments late too. Why admit a kid like that when there a gazillion other qualified kids who turned in their apps on time? Schools like Michigan don't need your snowflake.

What's wrong with you? I don't think OP said anything about Michigan and even then, how do you know Michigan won't take your app submitted past 11:59? Get a life.

[Anonymous]

My experience - mostly likely it’s fine, schools are businesses that care about their reputation among customers. But don’t tell your kid that. It’s a good lesson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My experience - mostly likely it’s fine, schools are businesses that care about their reputation among customers. But don’t tell your kid that. It’s a good lesson.

My kid learned it when submitting her work to scholastic. Now she never waits till close to deadline.

[Anonymous]

Parent of freshman here. Agree that the college probably will accept an application that is a few minutes late. But also agree that professors mean what they say in a syllabus about a deadline. Submitting late will get the kid docked down or potentially result in a zero for the assignment. Prepare accordingly.

[Anonymous]

DS was amazed at the number of schools he did not apply EA or ED to that emailed him the day after the deadline saying, "we know the deadline passed, but tis not too late to apply EA/ED."