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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Another question: I've heard that the students should make contact with the Admissions (Counselor)Office of the schools they are most interested in attending.  The websites seem to have all of the information available that we can think of, so what should she ask when she calls?

I did realize that because of her procrastination, the due dates on the calendar should really be about 7-10 days before the "REAL" deadline.  I didn't consider that thousands of students may also be trying to submit apps the same time, and could possible crash the server or at 10pm on the evening of the deadline, our internet goes down, and the libraries are already closed.  Trying to think ahead of the possible disasters.

What else should we try to anticipate that could go wrong?[/quote]

My DC did several apps on the ED/EA deadline day and the couple of days before 12/31 - and that was 2 years ago when the common app was having all sorts of issues. While it's best not to wait until midnight,  I don't think you have to be prepared to submit apps 10 days before. I'd aim for a day or two before if you want to be safe. But once you get the common app done I'd take a look at the easy applications (those that don't require any or very significant supplemental essays) and start getting those out. Even if it's not on the common app the other apps tend to follow about the same format for the basic info so it's not that hard to spit them out.

Some colleges care about reaching out to the regional admissions counselors, some don't. She should make a point to meet them when they visit her school (it's typically the regional counselors who do those school visits). Hopefully she's already doing those - our (public) school seems to have 5-10 colleges a day visiting already and throughout September and October.[/quote]

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