i will admit...im about the luckiest SOB on the planet with a lot of non-academic stuff going for me. Get it in by Sep 1 and I think you will probably end up fine if your numbers back you up to get an interview. Then are you a normal person, can you articulate your thoughts, and are you physically impressive or do you put off the wrong image? Am I shallow? Nope. The decision of letting you in is made in 30 seconds, the rest of the interview is deciding if they made the right call. sit up straight, be dynamic, think quickly, annunciate, all that jazz. Good luck to all