I submitted my supplemental essays late.

You should be in the clear. Colleges often do accept late essays and other materials from students, but they do not publicly admit that - if they did, it would encourage too many people to ignore the deadlines.

If you are an applicant they want to accept, it is unlikely that they will turn you down just because you submitted your supplemental essays a bit late. To be on the safe side, I also recommend emailing the Columbia and UChicago admissions offices.

Hope this helps!

@ver2e I think you are okay because you got the main Common App completed and submitted by the deadline and only the supplements were 11 hours late. You are not screwed.

Nevertheless, I would end a quick email to the UChicago and Columbia Admissions office explaining that you misunderstood the instructions.

Good luck.

I made the same exact mistake i emailed them and the common app say downloaded by college what should i expect

hi—this happend to me this year!! i submitted my columbia ED application late, with the first general portion submitted on Nov 1st (before deadline) and then the writing portion submitted November 5th (the following wednesday). after looking in their portal i saw that all materials can take up to 5 business days to upload, so all my on time materials uploaded nov 2nd and the late writing that i forgot to submit uploaded 6th. i was freaked out and couldn’t beleive it. HOWEVER—December 17th I was admitted to the class of 2030!!! Everything was ok. To the class of 2027–if this happens, everything will be ok if you submit soon enough. I DID NOT email them. I would just assume for the best and you will end up where you are meant to be.