<p>"Northwestern requests at least one teacher recommendation but will accept additional letters of recommendation from people other than teachers." -Application for Freshman Admission 2005-06</p>
<p>Plus, when I called admissions, they said 2-4 is the normal amount of recommendations they get for each applicant. So I stayed in the middle. :)</p>
<p>I applied in November and everything is listed as received EXCEPT my SAT scores, despite the fact that I had them sent in like, July. Do I need to worry about this?</p>
<p>Probably not, but it's always safe to call. Especially since you sent them in July! Since you didn't apply in July (haha, that's crazy early to apply), they may have put it in a separate place? They're probably hanging around somewhere. :)</p>
<p>yea status is now up</p>
<p>yeah, I can't call because I'm in France right now but I'll definitely send an email if they're not up within a few more days.</p>
<p>why dont they have international calls in France?:)</p>
<p>Ya send an email, its the ebst way to contact them methinks</p>
<p>Well as only one is <em>required</em> they will list only one won't they ?</p>
<p>I don't think so though. I know people who have 2/3/4 recs listed ... but I also know someone who only sent in 1 rec and has 3 recs listed. So I'm not really worried anymore ...</p>
<p>Mine says I have 2 recs.</p>
<p>Mine says 0 recs....and I sent them in like december 28, certified receipt.........Nevermind, I just checked right now, and it says I have 3.</p>
<p>hehehe, they do. I'm just trying to avoid calling because I get nervous over the phone. If I was at home I'd have my Mom do it ;)</p>
<p>I sent 3 recs not including my counselor's rec but it says 4 on the status page. Doesn't this mean they recieve my counselor's rec? If thats true than I dont understand why they dont have my transcript and school report. Should I wait or call?</p>
<p>If they still don't have them by now, I'd call them just to make sure since it's starting to get later in their application review period.</p>
<p>Does anyone else still have an incomplete application?</p>
<p>They got my recs but not my couselor stuff/transcript @_@</p>
<p>uh i sent in 2 teacher recs and i thought my counselor sent in one too because she wrote one for me for other colleges and i'm pretty sure she sends them out with every app, but my status only says 2 recs... does anyone remember whether it was required or not for nu to have counselor recs? i'm trying to figure out whether she sent it or not... or is the counselor rec is like considered part of the secondary school report? because if it's not i should have 3</p>
<p>maharani - don't worry ... counselor recs aren't required although they do appear with most school reports ... :)</p>
<p>oh okay... man i know this has nothing to do with the thread but i just need to vent... i am having like the worst week of my life... my best friend apparently can't take me to prom because he "doesn't want to go through the trouble of asking his parents again" (we're indian but his parents are like nazi strict indian)... and he was supposed to take me to homecoming too but his parents didn't let him so i just went alone... and then i failed my calc bc midterm because it was some crazy-ass test that like half the class failed which brought my semester grade from a 91 to an 85... and i applied to duke early and i got deferred and i actually would rather prefer going to nu now but my "best friend" applied to duke regular and was insensitive enough to put the damn midyear report thing right in front of me... i was like oh my god i know i'm not going to get in especially since apps are up like 3,000 this year but you don't need to be insensitive enough to rub it in my face that you're probably going to take my spot (which he is going to because he has like 1530/800/800/800)..this was my absolute DREAM school and he knew it... i was so upset yesterday about everything i just broke down and started crying and then one of my friends felt bad for me so they asked some random ugly guy i don't even know if he would take me to prom and i was like uh i'm not going with someone i don't know because that would be weird (actually, i would if he was cute, but that's a different story) so i'm just feeling like a compleeeetteeee failure i am all worried about getting into nu and how i'm actually going to either go to my senior prom alone or not at all, which is devastating for a girl..plus i'm still dealing with the after-effects of having an abusive boyfriend last year so i'm just super sensitive and everything :( okay sorry...i feel a little better now... anyway i stayed home from school today to relax a little...</p>
<p>maharani - I hope your day off helped some of that stress!! </p>
<p>although I'm not Indian, I've seen my best friends go through "nazi strict indian" hell... we just had a conversation today on how "Indian mothers think they know everything" ... (yeah, you could spot me a mile away ... I'm Irish/Portuguese ... talking about Indian mothers ... lol!)</p>
<p>and I completely understand the calc midterm ordeal ... my teacher loved to give "crazy-ass test"s ... so a big hug to you.</p>
<p>and you don't have to listen this advice at all, b/c who am i?, but I'm going to say it anyway: the only thing you can control 100% is how you react to situations. you can't decide whether you'll get into duke ... or whether your friend shoves the midyear report in your face (although we all wish we could)... we can only control how we react ... and whenever I feel like I'm reached record bottom and just feel like moping, I think "has moping-hating-etc ever made my life any better?"</p>
<p>so in short, you're not a complete failure. The way I see it, a complete failure wouldn't even realize that they're a complete failure (b/c they would fail to realize it!) ... so as long as that thought comes up, know that you aren't. :)</p>
<p>how's that for a paradox? :)</p>
<p>"so in short, you're not a complete failure. The way I see it, a complete failure wouldn't even realize that they're a complete failure (b/c they would fail to realize it!) ... so as long as that thought comes up, know that you aren't. "</p>
<p><em>giggle</em> that made me laugh a lot</p>
<p>my day helped a lot, i played mario kart on my nintendo gamecube and it was fun ... i lied to my mom this morning and told her i was sick and when she came home i was all on the couch playing and i was like HI MOM! <em>JUMPS UP</em> <em>HUG</em> she was like "uh... i thought you were sick?" i was like ...yeah i feel better now? :) haha she just laughed and gave me this "suuure" look ;) (oops!)</p>
<p>thank you so much :)</p>