<p>I sent out all transcripts on Dec. 8th and the 14th. I have confirmation that they were actually mailed on those dates and I am sure that they will be at their destination by the deadlines (Dec. 31st for some, Jan 15th for others), but that does not mean they will be processed. Do you think I may have sent my transcripts out too late in the sense that they won’t be processed by the deadlines, making my application incomplete?</p>
<p>The application deadline sets a cut-off for postmarked date, not processed date.</p>
<p>I actually think some programs require the application materials to be there BY the deadline date… not postmarked by that date. I haven’t heard of any school requiring that it be processed by a certain date though. I would imagine that if the articles are there by the deadline that you’ll be totally fine though :)</p>
<p>Yeah, “arrival date” is probably a better substitution.</p>