submit transcript by Sept 1?

[Anonymous]

I read a comment on another public site that with college admissions going test blind, it will be important to submit an officia transcript by Sept 1. How is this possible? My kid won’t even know for sure where she is applying by then. And why would a college care about having a trascript before it has even received an application? Can anyone shed light on why the poster stated this?

[Anonymous]

Name the site. That sounds really dumb. What is the specific reason given?

[Anonymous]

I haven't read that anywhere and it doesn't make any sense. RD applications are usually due by January with official senior year transcripts sent afterward when available. I don't believe any deadlines occur before everyone is back in school yet.

[Anonymous]

Disregard and check the deadlines for each school your student is applying to. The earliest deadline for my student is October 15th. Rolling admissions is a different story WRT merit aid. Perhaps that is what the poster meant to say.

[Anonymous]

^Yes, that could only be relevant for rolling admission. Other deadlines don't work that way.

[Anonymous]

Nonsense. You're either majorly misinterpreting something or they are insane.

[Anonymous]

Since OP hasn't posted the site, I think this is made up. It's too ridiculous anyway.

There's no reason to shield a "public" source on an anonymous website.

[Anonymous]

You can’t submit them until senior year course schedule is finalized. They are not due until the application deadlines. I wouldn’t wait until the last minute in case your school is slow to process but there is no rush.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since OP hasn't posted the site, I think this is made up. It's too ridiculous anyway.

There's no reason to shield a "public" source on an anonymous website.

NP. Sigh. Typical nasty DCUM suspicion above. The OP did not "shield a 'public' source," OP just didn't mention the name of the source. What motivation would OP have to make this up? To mess with people here? Even the usual trolls wouldn't make up something THIS specific to get your goat, PP. Take a breath.

OP, unless the site had details referring to specific schools asking for Sept. 1 transcripts, ignore it. It sounds like maybe you hit some information about a specific program rather than colleges in general. Go by what your kid's chosen colleges say on their applications re: deadlines. You don't need to bother with anything as generic as you describe, you only have to focus on the particular colleges' applications and deadlines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since OP hasn't posted the site, I think this is made up. It's too ridiculous anyway.

There's no reason to shield a "public" source on an anonymous website.

I am OP, and hadn’t looked at responses until now (I only posted this morning and while working from home I do still actually work!). The site was my neighborhood listserve, so I didn’t and don’t see the need to post the specific one. I am real and my question was real, coming from the place of a parent of a rising senior who is my first to apply to college and worried that we may miss something given potentially new requirements under the pandemic situation.

Thank you to all who assured me this is not relevant unless potentially to a college that operates on rolling admission.