<p>I know for Stanford they said in an email that
“Please be aware that we will not extend the deadline for students who experience technical difficulties with the Common Application website” and I would assume it’d be the same for other big universities.
However, if a school rejects you because you were a minute off, that’s a bit ridiculous. Every application is time stamped so it’ll say 1201 [I assume] and it shouldn’t be a big deal.</p>