Collegeboard CSS profile Problems - Page 3

bhbhbh · 11-02-2009, 12:22 AM

have tried to file for almost 12 hours but was not able to access to application file. noticed after 12:05 am....the site was temporarily shut down.....
Hope there won't be any penalty....

MattsMomFL · 11-02-2009, 12:33 AM

It's working now at 12:28 EST. Submit date reads 11/2/09. I was hoping since it was a west coast college, we'd get around that, but no such luck. I also had this finished the day before yesterday, but didnt want to hit submit until I had double and triple checked it. Oh well. I imagine if they want the kid anyway they dont hold this sort of thing against them, and if they're looking for a reason not to take someone, this gives them a rationale and it wasn't meant to be anyway.

chirichimes · 11-02-2009, 06:04 AM

I submitted mine at 4:28 am EST, and my submit date is 11/2/09 as well.
Collegeboard seriously needs to update their servers. I don't want to be penalized for this.

kaebug92 · 11-02-2009, 11:37 AM

I just recieved an email from CSS Profile and they said they let all colleges that use PROFILE know of the problems that occured over the weekend! hopefully Ill be good with submitting it today!!

R124687 · 11-02-2009, 11:39 AM

...and THIS is one of the many many many many reasons parents keep telling their kids NOT to wait until the last minute for ANYTHING.

ISellHope · 11-02-2009, 04:53 PM

Well Cornell just answered me that today would be fine, as long as it's in ASAP.
I'm guessing they're being really understanding.

momofthreeboys · 11-02-2009, 05:02 PM

R124687, that may very well be true and I am all about not being a last minute cram-er and encourage the kids, but College Board charges for this service and they should be professional and saavy enough to anticipate this type of activity. Very poor showing by them, in my opinion.

tokenadult · 11-02-2009, 07:46 PM

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I just received an email from CSS Profile and they said they let all colleges that use PROFILE know of the problems that occurred over the weekend!

The colleges are all aware of this issue now, then. That's okay for the applicants. I've been advised by an adult familiar with the admission process at one very selective college that if a high school student makes best efforts to meet a deadline, a college will not penalize the student for the mistakes of fully grown adults.

Good luck to all of you applying for financial aid this year.

R124687 · 11-03-2009, 07:47 AM

momofthreeboys.

I get that. But, in life, things happen that can't be changed. Most colleges are very accepting of applications received just a bit late. They understand there are challenges, and they want the large applicant pool, and the money. They don't bite the hand that feeds them.

HOWEVER...and I'm working through this with my daughter CONSTANTLY...it's far too important a task and children need to learn that this can happen. I would assume adults would already know it. Especially in this age of technology. To assume a computer would be working AND not so deluged at the last minute, is folly. But...to each his own. I choose not to add the stress. And, as I said, the only reason I comment is because my own child can't seem to learn this lesson either. One of MANY examples...she waited until she got a reminder that her scholarship applications weren't yet in. In reality, she had 10 days left. But she hadn't tracked the date and she didn't know. She got grounded, and STILL wasn't able to turn them in because they needed to have a contact for a recommendation. She hadn't yet asked the teacher, and then was unable to reach him. So she was left with no choice but to send them in, and HOPE he would do the recommending (complicated, it was for more than an academic reference).