<p>Before Chicago joined the Common App, they allowed applicants to submit up until 11:59 pm Baker Island Time. The Chicago admissions folks would post on their blog some of the explanations they got from people about why they were “submitting from Baker Island” – some were really funny.</p>
<p>The ‘downloaded’ date stamp is when the school actually pulled off the batch of apps that had been submitted. Not to worry!!</p>