您好！我在密歇根大学安娜堡分校机械工程官网上了解信息时看到如下的消息：Uploading Scanned Official Transcripts with Online Application:Mechanical Engineering will accept scanned official transcripts with the online application. ME will use the transcripts for a preliminary review of your application before Rackham receives your official transcript. However, please note that Rackham and ME require the official transcript and certificate to be mailed in order to receive an admission decision. Not mailing an official transcript may delay the admission decision.学校官方的申请截止日期是8月1号（2017春季），我想在此之前将成绩单扫描上传肯定没问题，但如果要寄送到的话，就有些担心会不会截止日期寄不到。 请问学校的这则信息言外之意是不是说寄送的纸质成绩单不一定非得在截止日期前寄到，而只是如果寄送晚了会耽误评审、录取进度呢？
/@samliu 尽量将电子版和纸质版都在申请截止日期之前送到研究生院，实在无法保证纸质版在截止日期之前寄到，一定要将电子版先上传，保证在线递交了完整的申请材料，以便招生委员会审核。（An admission decision can be delayed if the official transcript is not submitted. The Rackham Graduate School provides the official admit decision to all applicants who apply to our program.）其实这里是说没有邮寄正式成绩单，会delay录取决定，你的这种情况好太多。
我倒觉得不是耽误评审的过程，而是耽误最后发放录取通知的进度。
/@木子棉 明白了，谢谢您的解析！
