上周美國東北部暴雪導致美國很多家庭在一個不受歡迎的關鍵的時間(美國大學提前申請截止日期十一月一日)停電。很多美國東北部的大學推遲了提前申請的截止日期，一般是延期三天。維拉諾瓦大學為了方便學生，將截止日期改為11月4日。包括波士頓學院、哥倫比亞大學、康奈爾大學、達特茅斯學院、佛蒙特大學在內的76所學院和大學推遲了11月1日的美國大學申請截止日期。不在大雪影響范圍內的部分學校也推遲了申請截止日期，包括芝加哥大學和波莫納學院。

芝加哥大學官網提前申請截止時間延期通知：

美國網申系統Common Application 也發表了一份聲明，鼓勵支持采用common app系統的學校能夠考慮受東北部暴雪影響的學生。

當然，最保險的辦法還是要提前提交你的網申，不要到了最后再提交，因為可能會發生意外情況，這時候你會更加著急。所以遵從中國的老話，凡事豫則立，不豫則廢。提前做好準備。不要等到最后再匆匆行動。

The freak snowstorm that swept the Northeast last weekend left many families without electricity at a particularly inconvenient time — just as early applications were due.

An untold number of high school students across the region were forced to scramble to submit their application materials by Nov. 1, the deadline at dozens of well-known colleges, camping out in coffee shops and other homes in search of working outlets and wireless Internet.

Victoria Ngo of Hackensack, N.J., was among them. Ms. Ngo was hoping to apply early admission to Villanova University, but she was unable to access her personal statement, which was not yet complete and which was stored on her laptop, its battery power depleted.

“I actually had a nervous breakdown,” she said. Days before her deadline, Ms. Ngo had panicked thoughts of writing her essay longhand by candlelight; she wound up heading to her cousin’s house in New Milford, which had electricity.

As it was, Villanova (維拉諾瓦大學(Villanova University),是位于美國賓夕法尼亞州費城西北郊 Radnor 鎮的一所私立大學)wound up extending its early action deadline to Nov. 4, and it was in good company. Boston College, Boston University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College and the University of Vermont were among at least 76 colleges and universities that pushed back their Nov. 1 deadlines, according to the National Association for College Admission Counseling. The average extension was three days.

Even some schools outside of the region sympathetically extended their due dates, including the University of Chicago and Pomona College in California.

The board of directors of the Common Application issued a statement on Monday encouraging participating schools to “be sensitive to the adverse conditions affecting schools and students in the northeast.”

But postponed deadlines have not necessarily lessened student stress, as tens of thousands of homes from New Jersey to Massachusetts remain without electricity.

Some students took to Twitter this week to vent. “Still w/o power,” @wowfunhappy wrote on Tuesday. “I’m trying to use Dad’s laptop to work on my college app at Starbucks. I hate this laptop. Why won’t copy & paste work?”

“My last college app needs to be in,” wrote @ashhleystephens. “If the power doesn’t come back I’ll cry.”

For other students, the Northeaster reinforced the value of their early preparation. Judy Fairfull, head guidance counselor at Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester, Mass., said that while the storm resulted in several snow days this week, the students she advises were not affected.

“We submitted our applications early, about a week back,” she said. “We learned our lesson from the ice storm three years ago: Don’t wait until the last minute.”

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