Deadline?

[debater88]

<p>Yesterday, the admissions website said that the application deadline had been extended through today.</p>

<p>After taking the time to get my essays run over with a fine-toothed comb one more time, I just sat down to fill out the application and submit.</p>

<p>I was then confronted with the message telling me I’d missed the application deadline.</p>

<p>It’s still the 11th, the last time I checked. What gives? Will my application be late when I submit it in an hour or so, or is some tech guy at Georgetown a little anxious to post new information?</p>

<p>God, I hope I’m not late. Please, God, don’t let me be late.</p>

[Upsilamba]

<p>Don’t worry! Read this:

Missed the First Year Georgetown Application Deadline?</p>

<p>Friday, January 11, 2008 was the extended deadline to submit your Georgetown Application on-line as well as the postmark deadline for paper applications.</p>

<p>While the admissions committees prefer to receive application materials by the deadline, they understand that extenuating circumstances can occasionally occur that prevent students from submitting the application on-time. For this reason, the Georgetown Application will remain on-line until Tuesday, January 22. If you have missed the application deadline to submit all or part of your Georgetown application please note the following for important submission information and instructions:</p>

<ul>
<li>I submitted my Personal Data Form before the January 11, 2008 application deadline, but still need to complete and submit my Application Part II. Can I still finish my application?</li>
</ul>

<p>You can continue to submit the Application Part II on-line until Thursday, January 17 without providing an explanation as to why you submitted it late. After January 17th, you should click here to send an e-mail to the admissions committee explaining why the Application Part II is late. You will be contacted should the admissions committee have any questions about your explanation.

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<p>I’m just trying to figure out whether I can get away with submitting it late due to procrastination…not sure if it’s just for serious issues or if anybody can submit it up until the 17th (after that I assume it’s only serious issues like family emergences or the app not loading)…But since the admissions website isn’t loading right now, I think I’ll use that as an excuse if I have to…</p>

[debater88]

<p>Still, it looks bad to be late. They will know if you submitted your app before the deadline or not–and I want mine to be in before the deadline.</p>

<p>I’ll probably have to call them on Monday.</p>

[A_Persona]

<p>Agreed. Getting an application on time tells a college that they’re not an “afterthought” that you added just because they had a late deadline. I mean, yes, they will read your application if it’s slightly late, but it’s approximately the same thing as writing “…I have trouble with following deadlines” on your application. Of course, emergencies are a whole different story. I know plenty of colleges extended ED deadlines around the time of the California wildfires.</p>

[galoisien]

<p>Aaaagh … how much will this affect chances?</p>

<p>I couldn’t access the website to turn my essays in, and I stayed up until I fell asleep.</p>

[brittnayy16x]

<p>I have no clue how it will affect everything…</p>

<p>I submitted the Personal Data Form online in mid-December</p>

<p>However, when I found out last night that the deadline got “extended”, I decided to mail in my stuff hard-copy (to preserve formatting of essays, etc.)</p>

<p>But it says: “You can continue to submit the Application Part II on-line until Thursday, January 17 without providing an explanation as to why you submitted it late.”
Does this mean that I can’t submit Part II via regular mail??</p>