<p>What will happen if I submitted my application 30 minutes late because I was in a different time zone?</p>
<p>Anyone have advice about my previous question? </p>
<p>We’re nervous our guidance counselor might not have the school report out the door to get to the BS by Wednesday. She met with my DS to “go over everything” this past week and then said she would “finish it up and send it out.”</p>
<p>Should we put a call in to AO, or assume that it is okay?</p>
<p>For a critical deadline for something u are responsible for, I would contact the school directly and not rely on internet advice.</p>
<p>One of the schools I’m applying to said that the recommendations are expected to be turned in over the next few days, but to have them in before two weeks. As long as you submitted the parts you have direct control over, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>3 days left to obsess</p>
<p>Some schools have Jan 31 as a deadline, you know. ;)</p>
<p>What you SHOULD be worrying about (I know I am): DEADLINES = WEDNESDAY</p>
<p>Add to list:
Don’t agonize today over whether u should decide on enrolling at Andover, Deerfield or Lawrenceville. Fer crying out loud, just get yourself admitted on 10-March first.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>Don’t worry about whether or not you will get in because it is in the schools’ hands now. You have done everything you can to show these schools that you are worthy of acceptance.</p>
<p>Bump</p>
<p>For perspective, S2 was admitted into 3 out of 5 schools. He will be attending a reach school this fall. His profile:</p>
<ul>
<li> A/B grades</li>
<li>SSAT above school’s avg, w one weak subscore</li>
<li>an athlete, but not recruited</li>
<li>avg ECs </li>
<li>not a legacy</li>
<li>not a sibling</li>
<li>not a development case</li>
<li>not a URM</li>
<li>did not apply for FA</li>
<li>visited every school</li>
</ul>
<p>^^^ care to add, GMT, on the question of whether “geographic diversity” could have come into play? </p>
<p>@Charger, my guess is that for:</p>
<p>DOMESTIC applicants
Coming from a high-representation state (i.e. local or neighboring state, a big state, or a state w a major city: NY MA CT RI NH VT NJ PA CA TX IL etc) is a neutral thing. You’re the school’s “bread & butter”. Coming from an under-represented state (e.g., AK ID MS) will get your application notice, but it is not a guarantee-- you still need to have the stats. </p>
<p>INTERNATIONAL applicants
You are in a tough pool. You are competing against your countrymen for a very limited number of int’l slots. If you are applying from China or SKorea, u are competing against a very large number of other applicants from China/SKorea. You’re in a better competitive position than the Chinese/Korean applicants, if u are the sole applicant from Madagascar; however, you may be competing against the sole applicants from Estonia, Uruguay, & Emerites for the last 2 remaining int’l slots. Selective American BSs are not international schools; their primary mission is to educate American students.</p>
<p>Since state or country of residency is something most kids have no control over, it’s another thing I advise not losing sleep over. It is what it is…</p>
<p>Worry about the things you can control. I-) </p>
<p>@GMTplus7 If I have dual citizenship (US and another country) and live out of the states, do I count as a domestic pool or international pool? Sorry this has been bothering me for quite a long time.</p>
<p>@balled,</p>
<p>We’ve encounted that some schools will count American expat kids as int’l, and others as domestic. Regardless of what pool they put you in, you will be eligible for FA as a US citizen. </p>
<p>Even if they count you as domestic, the schools like to inflate numbers and boast the total number of countries of residence and/or citizenship in their viewbook/website.</p>
<p>@GMTplus7 Thank you for a prompt reply!</p>
<p>Thanks for this! Honestly, I see people on here who are like “I have straight A’s and I won a ton of awards” and I feel unqualified. Haha, this makes me feel much better. </p>