<p>As in, they say a deadline is Jan 1st, and you get your application in on, well, January 1st. It’s not late, but it’s not early either. Note: I am not considering rolling admissions here.</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Most departments don’t even receive all materials until the Graduate School has processed them, which takes until at least a few days after the application deadline.</p>
<p>Most of the folks making the admission decisions won’t even know that an application was sent at the last-minute. Or care.</p>
<p>However, being in touch with faculty prior to the time when application decisions are made can help (in some fields of study).</p>
<p>Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>Professor X,</p>
<p>I recently got an e-mail from a school letting me know that my application was incomplete and thus may not be considered (apparently I didn’t upload my CV properly on to the embark website). The application was submitted about a week and a half ahead, the CV appended about a week after the deadline.</p>
<p>Can I infer from your response to the OP that the school will most likely still consider the application?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>It depends. If you got the email from the Graduate School, get in touch with the department to which you are applying. Explain that you learned about your technical error after the deadline.</p>
<p>I suspect that the email you received was simply a pro forma notice from the Graduate School, warning you that your application was incomplete. I also suspect that the department in question may already have been informed about the later upload of your CV, in which case, you should be perfectly fine.</p>
<p>However, you should still take action to inform the department that all of your application materials are now there. You might wish to offer to attach your CV to an email sent directly to the DGS.</p>