Along with having to deal with the stress of the fires, some students could be without power, making submitting online applications difficult.
California's wildfires came at a particularly bad time for high school students trying to submit their early action and early decision college applications.
In the days leading up to the Friday, November 1, application deadline, wildfires ravaged parts of California, causing massive evacuations and the destruction of more than 27 homes. Knowing that students were under unforeseen stress from possibly being forced from their homes and from being without power, multiple colleges extended the early action and early decision deadline.
Instead of requiring students to submit their applications by midnight on Friday, colleges, such as the University of Virginia and Columbia University, changed the deadline for students affected by the fires. Due dates varied based on the school, but they generally ranged from midnight on November 8 to midnight on November 15.
"We hope this flexibility helps to relieve some of the stress and anxiety students, families and educators might be feeling," Columbia wrote in a message to prospective students on itsStudents are often required to apply to college through an online system, which poses potential complications for high school students in California.
Structures burn at a vineyard during the Kincade Fire near Geyserville, California, on October 24. Due to the wildfires, some colleges extended the Friday deadline for early action and early decision applications to accommodate students.To prevent the spread of wildfires, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company shut off power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Northern California. Although power was starting to be restored, on Thursday evening, more than 30,000 people remained without power.
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