diff --git a/app/client/views/application/applicationCtrl.js b/app/client/views/application/applicationCtrl.js
index 62b7784..d779aa4 100644
--- a/app/client/views/application/applicationCtrl.js
+++ b/app/client/views/application/applicationCtrl.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ angular.module('app')
     '$rootScope',
     '$state',
     '$http',
+    '$interval',
+    '$location',
     'currentUser',
     'MAJORS',
     'EMAILS_TO_SCHOOLS',
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ angular.module('app')
     'settings',
     'Session',
     'UserService',
-    function ($scope, $rootScope, $state, $http, currentUser, possibleMajors, emailsToSchools, possibleSchools, Settings, Session, UserService) {
+    function ($scope, $rootScope, $state, $http, $interval, $location, currentUser, possibleMajors, emailsToSchools, possibleSchools, Settings, Session, UserService) {
       const sweetAlertButtonColor = '';
 
       // Set up the user
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ angular.module('app')
 
       $scope.ethnicities = ethnicities;
 
-      function _updateUser(e) {
+      function _save(e) {
         // Get the ethnicities as an array
         const ethnicities = [];
         Object.keys($scope.ethnicities).forEach((key) => {
@@ -71,7 +73,10 @@ angular.module('app')
         // Jank way to do data binding for semantic ui dropdown
         $scope.user.profile.majors = $('#majorsDropdown').dropdown('get value');
         if (!$scope.autoFilledSchool) $scope.user.profile.school = $('#schoolDropdown').dropdown('get value');
+      }
 
+      function _updateUser(e) {
+        _save();
         UserService
           .updateProfile(Session.getUserId(), $scope.user.profile)
           .success((data) => {
@@ -89,6 +94,19 @@ angular.module('app')
           });
       }
 
+      function _autosaveUser(e) {
+        _save();
+        $scope.user.profile.manualSubmit = false;
+        UserService
+          .updateProfile(Session.getUserId(), $scope.user.profile)
+          .success((data) => {
+            console.log('Application automatically saved!');
+          })
+          .error((res) => {
+            console.log('Error autosaving application.');
+          });
+      }
+
       /**
        * TODO: JANK WARNING
        */
@@ -171,6 +189,21 @@ angular.module('app')
         });
         updateDropzoneText(defaultMsg);
 
+        $scope.callAtInterval = function () {
+          _autosaveUser();
+          $scope.user.profile.manualSubmit = false;
+        };
+
+        const save = $interval(() => {
+          if ($scope.user.profile.manualSubmit || $scope.user.status.completedProfile || $location.path() !== '/application') {
+            console.log('autosave disabled');
+            $interval.cancel(save);
+          } else {
+            console.log('autosave triggered');
+            $scope.callAtInterval();
+          }
+        }, 30000);
+
         // custom form validation rule
         $.fn.form.settings.rules.ethnicityChecked = value => Object.values($scope.ethnicities).some(ethnicity => {
           return ethnicity === true; // At least one must be checked
@@ -337,6 +370,7 @@ angular.module('app')
       $scope.submitForm = function () {
         $('.ui.form').form('validate form');
         if ($('.ui.form').form('is valid')) {
+          $scope.user.profile.manualSubmit = true;
           _updateUser();
         }
       };
diff --git a/app/server/controllers/UserController.js b/app/server/controllers/UserController.js
index be55bcb..0139545 100644
--- a/app/server/controllers/UserController.js
+++ b/app/server/controllers/UserController.js
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ UserController.updateProfileById = function (id, profile, callback) {
       $set: {
         'lastUpdated': Date.now(),
         'profile': profile,
-        'status.completedProfile': true
+        'status.completedProfile': profile.manualSubmit
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/app/server/models/User.js b/app/server/models/User.js
index f4c04f0..be8e97e 100644
--- a/app/server/models/User.js
+++ b/app/server/models/User.js
@@ -337,8 +337,9 @@ schema.statics.getByToken = function (token, callback) {
 
 schema.statics.validateProfile = function (profile, cb) {
   return cb(!(
+    profile.name &&
+    profile.school &&
     profile.name.length > 0 &&
-    profile.adult &&
     profile.school.length > 0 &&
     ['2018', '2019', '2020', '2021', '2022'].indexOf(profile.graduationYear) > -1 &&
     ['M', 'F', 'O', 'N'].indexOf(profile.gender) > -1