Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 19:42     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Yale extended twice.

Not enough applicants this year?

JHU extended to 1/12. Ten days extension.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 17:09     Subject: Re:What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Lehigh said my kid could still submit, too. Was on the common app as applying, but kid decided not to apply.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 16:56     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just heard about this and I think it's in bad faith, especially if the extension is announced after the deadline (like Columbia). Either say it's a deadline or have the later date as a deadline deadline, but don't grant an extension you announce after the deadline. I read online that some students were rushing to meet the deadline and could have used another day or two to improve their apps.

Do they not have any yield concerns for an applicant who couldn't submit on time?

They can easily just accept applications and throw them in the trash after they've accepted your application fee.

There are always storms at this time of year and power outages follow. Instead of making every kid email for a special extension/code/whatever, leaving the Common App open is efficient (for the service staff) and kind (to the families).


PP here. Okay, I see you have a point, but I think cynically they are doing it to pump their numbers and reduce their acceptance rates.


That’s my sense, too. Hopefully they’ll be “rewarded” with lower yield numbers.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes ….
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 16:52     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Jonhs Hopkins extended to Jan 12.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 16:49     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
I am sick of extending deadlines!!!!!

So my DC worked tirelessly to finish the supplementals on time and submitted the application. What for? Just to learn that they are extending the deadline? wtf

This is so unfair. They should just set the deadline at the extended position and not move it! So much bull crap!
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 16:34     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just heard about this and I think it's in bad faith, especially if the extension is announced after the deadline (like Columbia). Either say it's a deadline or have the later date as a deadline deadline, but don't grant an extension you announce after the deadline. I read online that some students were rushing to meet the deadline and could have used another day or two to improve their apps.

Do they not have any yield concerns for an applicant who couldn't submit on time?

They can easily just accept applications and throw them in the trash after they've accepted your application fee.

There are always storms at this time of year and power outages follow. Instead of making every kid email for a special extension/code/whatever, leaving the Common App open is efficient (for the service staff) and kind (to the families).


This is not done altruistically. Schools target the emails of kids who started a common app application for their schools, attended a session, etc but didnt apply. The idea is so they can say “‘most apps again this year!!” This is not to be kind in case someone wanted to apply but lost power and couldn’t.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 15:29     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Anonymous wrote:Northwestern, Dartmouth and Cornell. Surprised Northwestern and Dartmouth provided fee waivers!

Did they offer fee waivers for everyone? And is the announcement sent directly to students?
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 14:35     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just heard about this and I think it's in bad faith, especially if the extension is announced after the deadline (like Columbia). Either say it's a deadline or have the later date as a deadline deadline, but don't grant an extension you announce after the deadline. I read online that some students were rushing to meet the deadline and could have used another day or two to improve their apps.

Do they not have any yield concerns for an applicant who couldn't submit on time?

They can easily just accept applications and throw them in the trash after they've accepted your application fee.

There are always storms at this time of year and power outages follow. Instead of making every kid email for a special extension/code/whatever, leaving the Common App open is efficient (for the service staff) and kind (to the families).


PP here. Okay, I see you have a point, but I think cynically they are doing it to pump their numbers and reduce their acceptance rates.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 12:51     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Anonymous wrote:I just heard about this and I think it's in bad faith, especially if the extension is announced after the deadline (like Columbia). Either say it's a deadline or have the later date as a deadline deadline, but don't grant an extension you announce after the deadline. I read online that some students were rushing to meet the deadline and could have used another day or two to improve their apps.

Do they not have any yield concerns for an applicant who couldn't submit on time?

They can easily just accept applications and throw them in the trash after they've accepted your application fee.

There are always storms at this time of year and power outages follow. Instead of making every kid email for a special extension/code/whatever, leaving the Common App open is efficient (for the service staff) and kind (to the families).
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 12:40     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just heard about this and I think it's in bad faith, especially if the extension is announced after the deadline (like Columbia). Either say it's a deadline or have the later date as a deadline deadline, but don't grant an extension you announce after the deadline. I read online that some students were rushing to meet the deadline and could have used another day or two to improve their apps.

Do they not have any yield concerns for an applicant who couldn't submit on time?

They can easily just accept applications and throw them in the trash after they've accepted your application fee.


For most of these schools you can submit the application and then you have a separate submission for the supplements. Strategically, many kids will apply before the deadline and then submit the essays at a later date. Submitting the application and not the supplements will trigger the email offering an extension.

DP. This is correct, though many schools that used to put the supplemental essays in the separate Writing Supplement submission have since changed to put them in the college's Questions in the app itself. There is a lot more variation than in the past.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 12:34     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Anonymous wrote:I just heard about this and I think it's in bad faith, especially if the extension is announced after the deadline (like Columbia). Either say it's a deadline or have the later date as a deadline deadline, but don't grant an extension you announce after the deadline. I read online that some students were rushing to meet the deadline and could have used another day or two to improve their apps.

Do they not have any yield concerns for an applicant who couldn't submit on time?

They can easily just accept applications and throw them in the trash after they've accepted your application fee.


For most of these schools you can submit the application and then you have a separate submission for the supplements. Strategically, many kids will apply before the deadline and then submit the essays at a later date. Submitting the application and not the supplements will trigger the email offering an extension.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 12:19     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
I just heard about this and I think it's in bad faith, especially if the extension is announced after the deadline (like Columbia). Either say it's a deadline or have the later date as a deadline deadline, but don't grant an extension you announce after the deadline. I read online that some students were rushing to meet the deadline and could have used another day or two to improve their apps.

Do they not have any yield concerns for an applicant who couldn't submit on time?

They can easily just accept applications and throw them in the trash after they've accepted your application fee.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 12:07     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Northwestern, Dartmouth and Cornell. Surprised Northwestern and Dartmouth provided fee waivers!
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 12:05     Subject: What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
Anonymous wrote:they do this every time, regardless. it's not a sign, it's standard operating procedure.

+1
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2026 12:03     Subject: Re:What Colleges Extending Application Due Date? (Lower apps?)
100% not bc apps are down. Lots of schools do this (w&m, rpi, columbia, etc) to drum up more apps and skew the numbers. Such a crappy game