Don't Be Late!!!!!

Your applications MUST be in by the deadline or a school can refuse to consider it. Supporting documents can be sent later as they are available. You can see your application as divided into two parts, as below. You are responsible for getting part one in on time. ISU will follow your application with supporting materials sent later...

1. The application (all the parts you need to submit...the name and address page, essays, responses to questions and application fees)

and

2. Supporting materials (those sent by ISU...transcripts, teacher recs, school letter of recommendation. etc. and those sent by 'third parties' like the SAT's from ETS. Give your College Counselor the list of universities and their addresses that you want the materials sent to.

So if the deadline is January 1 for a school, students have to get the application (Part 1, including all of the parts listed above) to the school (or postmarked...or sent electronically) by that date or universities certainly have the right to return it and/or not consider it.

You need to check with each university and be clear about the deadline. Some univesities require your application to be in their hands by the deadline, while other universities only require a postmark on an application sent BEFORE the deadline.