Black and hispanics have an advantage?

Northstarmom
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:11:01 +0000

Believe it or not, many schools including some Ivies will take late applications. This is true of all sorts of applications that appear to have deadlines. For instance, one of my sons won a national essay contest even though I’d accidentally mailed his entry the day after the postmark deadline. I also know a student who won a college’s merit scholarship even though he applied late to the college and to the scholarship program.

Colleges and organizations obviously usually aren’t going to announce that they’ll accept late applications (so don’t call and ask them if they’ll accept your late one), and some definitely do not. However, if you’re interested in an opportunity, you’ve nothing to lose by sending in a late app.