Emarc182 wrote:
Does anyone think that when you submitted has anything to do with when they review your application? I hit submit literally 30 minutes before the deadline, so placing my hope on the fact that they haven't gotten that far yet. Thoughts?
See Dee's blog post on 1/12/10 about R2 apps last year:
Round 2 Deadline - When to Hit the Submit Button
Date: January 12, 2010
Here's another FAQ:
Is there any advantage to being "early" in a given deadline period?
No, not really. We don't begin to read applications until after the application deadline. On the night of January 19, we will begin to print and distribute applications to the Admissions Board. Contrary to lots of speculation, there is absolutely no correlation between when an application is submitted and when, or if, a candidate is invited to interview. Applications are not reviewed in the order in which they are received.
So I would say no, time of submission is not relevant here.
The reason I know this is because I was hoping for that explanation too.