<p>“This person has good stats. Oh wow, this person has done some really awesome things! And their teachers think they’re amazing. I think we should accept---- oh, wait, no. He submitted his application on October 31st. Tsk tsk.”</p>
<p>In case something last-minute happens that you have to take care of, I’d suggest getting things in earlier. But seriously, Admissions has so much sorting to do and interesting things to look at on an app that they won’t care about your timestamp all that much.</p>
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<li>Submitted app the night before the due date and got in EA</li>
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