And I ain't too old to lie, I'm just another empty head

Just spoke to the Admissions Officer at Christ Church which is, for Americans and other aliens, the college I applied to within Oxford. My plan was to feed them some BS about why my written work was late and could I still send it please. And an interesting fact was discovered.

They haven't been processing my application at all. Why is this? BECAUSE MY COLLEGE TUTOR SENT IT TO THEM LATE!!

Yes, I knew this. But everyone - including Housemate Jen, who knows about these things (I thought) - told me that the cutoff date wasn't absolute and they'd still accept them a few days late so it didn't occur to me to follow up on it. I tried explaining to the lady that I had submitted my UCAS form on time and it was my tutor who didn't forward it within the deadline, but it's apparently too late now as they've already invited people to interview.

I really hate my college right now. I mean, really hate them. And I'm not a person that hates, as a rule.