The issue is not having supplements, it is surprise supplements that are only revealed after you submit the common app. A student may be interested and submits their application 2 days before the deadline. Then all of the sudden they have to cram to do the surprise supplemental in a day or two. As opposed to their other schools who listed their supplementals ahead of time with the common app, and the interested student could give them the time and care they deserved rather than being stressed against a deadline because they didn’t even know the supplemental existed until after they thought they were done with the app. There is no good reason for a school to hide supplementals until after the common app is submitted.
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