Okay, so apparently I got my teacher’s email on the CA wrong because I left out his middle initial & I already turned in my app during the break. What should I do? Should I call/email the admission office???
Anyone?
Edit the email information for your teacher on the Common App so that your he/she can log in to his/her account and complete the recommendation letter (I am assuming that this is what the issue is about?).
Colleges have a grace period for late materials such as letters of recommendation, especially since many students are still on Winter Break. Unless you just want to calm your nerves, you do not need to email the colleges (as long as you do not run into any further technical issues and can correct the present one).
@Episteme yes but I already submitted my app & CA won’t let me change it.
First and foremost, use the “Ask A Question” feature on the Common App website:
https://appsupport.commonapp.org/ics/support/TSFolder.asp
Secondly, email your colleges and notify them of your issue. I don’t think they will be able to solve the technical side of the problem, but at least they’ll know that they’ll be receiving one recommendation later than usual and will keep an eye out for it.
If Common App does not reply back in a few days, here is what I would suggest:
- Inform your guidance counselor and/or the most knowledgeable person at your school about the Common App and go from there.
- Even though your application has been submitted, I believe you can still assign new recommenders as long as you have not reached the limit on the number of recommendations you are allowed to submit for that school. Try to reassign your teacher as a new recommender; you would therefore have a false recommender and then the correct copy. Does that make sense?
- Ask your teacher to email the colleges themself and ask whether or not he/she may submit the recommendation as an email attachment.