Is submitting the application last minute frowned upon?

[molliebatmit]

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@sic_infit

So, do admissions officers care, and I don’t actually mean last minute more like last day. Or should I submit now?

The admissions officers don’t care.</p>

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@MeSsIaH.

my college counselor told us all to submit ahead of time, because server crashes can screw us over.

This is true, but in the past if there have been server crashes around the time of the deadline, MIT has extended the deadline by a few days. They’re not looking to disqualify anyone because of their own server issues.</p>

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@mathsciencedude

Someone will probably tell you that it doesn’t matter, but I like to think that it does. You are at the bottom of the pile, and by the time they get to you they’ve already formed opinions.

Regardless of when your application is submitted or when the file is completed and sent to readers, your application will be read by several people at different times. So some readers will read your application early and some will read it late. </p>

<p>No decisions are made at MIT until all applications have been read and discussed. There’s no advantage to submitting early.</p>