What does this mean? RE: NYU

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http://english.fas.n...rad.progreq.phd

"Applications submitted directly to the department are not considered. The department withdraws from consideration all applications that are missing supporting documents one month after the posted deadline."

1 month grace? WHAT?

Edited December 1, 2011 by WellSpring

[ecritdansleau]

And we put our interpretive skills to the test :

I take it to mean that, if one is sending in additional documents (for instance, GRE scores), they have to be in by jan 1st(?). The application asks for almost all the supporting documents to be uploaded anyway. t might also allow for a letter writer to submit a letter through the mail, perhaps? This still makes it critical that one submits the application itself (even if not all "supporting documents") to the graduate school today (I think).

I didn't notice this caveat myself. Even still, I'd rather have my application submitted all in one piece: it makes it less likely that they lose/misplace one part or end up thinking that I didn't submit it. At the same time, I kind of hope deep down that most programs have a similar one month grace period (not so much for the application submission but for test scores and transcripts which are sent in the mail--sometimes it's just hard to predict when things get lost for no reason).

Edited December 1, 2011 by ecritdansleau

[Grunty DaGnome]

I don't think that means supporting materials that you control, such as writing sample or SOP. I think that means faculty letters, GRE scores or transcripts.