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TIFU by thinking the Submission Deadline is the same as the Application Deadline

Tomorrow is the application deadline for the grad school program I'm hoping to study at. I had all the generic stuff finished a while ago, with only the writing sample left to submit.

I revised my essay for the 5th time yesterday, I checked for typos and grammar this morning, and then I uploaded the pdf an hour ago. Once it was uploaded, the application portal let me submit my application. I paid the fee, and I was finally done!

But then I got an email confirmation with a video about "next steps." The video started by explaining the statuses: submitted, in progress, verified, completed. Then it says that you should upload documents with at least 2 weeks until the application deadline, so the system has time to process everything. My heart sunk. I uploaded 1 day early, not 2 weeks.

I was so angry. I put so much time and effort and thought into this writing sample. I even enlisted my friends to give me feedback. Now I learn that I was supposed to submit everything 2 weeks ago, so things can process. I'm thinking this isn't reasonable. Like, they should have this written out somewhere. How is anyone supposed to know about a secret deadline?

So I double check my emails. The first email I received after signing up for the application portal had a link to a Q&A. I never opened it, until today. It has a timeline, which suggests turning in everything 4-6 weeks in advance of the application deadline. They want time to review the submissions and send notes back if something is missing.

I'm hoping I got everything completed correctly the first go around. And I'm hoping the system accepts my writing sample even without the 2 weeks to process. And I'm hoping whoever makes decisions about applications doesn't have access to the dates, so they don't know how badly I messed up.

Thank you for reading. Any similar stories and/or encouragement would be appreciated! (someone please tell me you did the same thing and everything worked out fine for you)

TL;DR: I knew that the application deadline is February 1st. But I fucked up by not reading the Q&A that says to submit documents 4-6 weeks ahead of the application deadline. I have no idea if my application will even get processed or considered.

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