Mailing date vs application received?

Started by Dr.Payne
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Dr.Payne

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So I'm a little confused on what the mailing date really means because my app says it the mailing date was 8/7/15 but several schools said they received my AADSAS application way before this. Sometimes weeks. So what does this date really mean?