<p>Hey guys, I'm here to ask about your thoughts on a certain, practically inconsequential issue that I'm having. </p>
<p>I got accepted to Harvard in the early round and kind of stopped applying to schools after that. I told my friend to not finish the peer recommendation, seeing that it was pointless to do so. I even told my interviewer that I was no longer considering Dartmouth and that my application was incomplete. Despite all that, it seems Dartmouth still reviewed my application as I got an email telling me when decisions would be posted. </p>
<p>I would rather not have to receive a rejection letter, but was the peer recommendation not required? How could they review my application with basically their entire supplement missing? Like I said, my situation isn't serious; I'd just rather not have to receive a rejection.</p>
<p>People have been admitted to Dartmouth without the peer supplement in the past, but if anything really compromised your application, it had to be the message you conveyed to your interviewer. In his/her interview report, he/she must have included that “you were no longer considering Dartmouth.” In any case, if you are going to Harvard, you might consider withdrawing your application to Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I didn’t know that you could be admitted without a peer rec! It could be possible that my interviewer never sent a report in though, since they still reviewed my application it seems. Had the interviewer written that I was no longer considering Dartmouth, it’s probably likely that the ad comm wouldn’t have wasted its time reviewing my application, right?</p>
<p>What exactly is the problem? Receiving a rejection letter to a university that you don’t consider is exactly the same as not applying to them.</p>
<p>They would however continue to review your application up until you ask them to withdraw your app, if the only part missing is the peer rec they would still review you as the peer rec isn’t required, I believe it is recommended/highly recommended. </p>
<p>I truly think there is no reason for you to worry… at worst you get rejected (exactly the same as not applying), at best you do get accepted and you still decide to go to Harvard. If you are 100% set on Harvard then does an acceptance or rejection elsewhere matter at all? After all, if you don’t apply you can’t even assume you’d be accepted :P</p>
<p>The checklist in the website says the peer evaluation is “required by all applicants”. But, I do know a student who did not send one in no, yet her portal said her Dartmouth application was complete. And she never got an email saying her application was incomplete. However, it is part of the online common application. Not sure that means in the end.</p>