I AM going to tell 'em that you said so. Not only are you a college counselor, but you are also the mom of a kid who went through this process in an extraordinarily successful way, so maybe they will listen to you!
I do think the college emphasized the time limits for a reason. They have a lot of kids to see and hear from. And thanks for the reminder to us all that one cannot always tell from the interactions with adjudicators how things went.
