<p>I am double posting, and apologize for it, but it's urgent and nobody replied before.<br>
Does anyone happen to know if MIT will accept teacher's recommendations
after deadline ? Deadline is today, my son is a typical procrastinator. We had a few snow days prior to Christmas so school closed earlier, which he didn't expect. He has been trying to contact one of his teachers entire break without success. MIT is the only college he is applying to that does not specify anywhere recommendations can be sent in later. Does anyone know how it works in reality ? Will we waste application fee money if he applies there anyway ?</p>
<p>I don’t know the answer, but it’s likely they will. If your son wants to go to MIT he should definitely go ahead and apply then get the recommendation submitted asap. Most colleges don’t penalize you for things out of your control.</p>
<p>The MIT admissions blogs are very helpful. Your son should submit his application and then be certain that his teacher send the recommendation as soon as possible–using the MIT recommendation form.</p>
<p>Breathe, Today is the deadline for your son to have is application in. It is not the deadline for teachers or counselor recommendations (most of them have until february) after the first term of senior year grades have been posted.</p>
<p>I agree that it should not be a problem that the teacher rec will come in after the deadline. This happens all of the time. The important element to meet the deadline is your son’s own portion of the application.</p>
<p>Relax and enjoy the first day of this new year. And good luck to your son.</p>
<p>Thousands upon thousands of applications arrive, in fragments, at university admissions departments between Christmas and New Year’s, when all or many of the staff are on vacation. At the beginning of January, all this stuff needs to get sorted into the appropriate folders before the applications can be evaluated. This sorting takes a week or so, or seemed to last year when my son applied to college. That means that as long as your son’s application was received on time (it will be date-stamped by the computer) there is some wiggle-room for stuff like transcripts and letters to arrive. Nobody will blame him for a late submission that is out of his control. Generally your son will be notified online when his application is complete.</p>
<p>However, since your S’s application probably won’t be evaluated until everything has been received, the letter of rec really should go in ASAP. I’ve participated in a variety of admissions processes over the years (though not at MIT) and my impression is that no matter how hard the evaluators strive to be fair, it’s just more difficult to be blown away by an application you see late in the process, than by one that happens to come up early.</p>
<p>OP: Don’t worry, MIT will provide full support to complete your application. DD during her early application stage found out on Nov. 18th that her second recommendation was never received but the MIT admission office sent out an email to ask the teacher to fax the recommendation and provided a number.</p>
<p>Her application was not only complete but she was also accepted EA.</p>
<p>So, from all college admission experience MIT seems the most open because it lets you know which part of your application is complete or not by going online.</p>
<p>Don’t worry, you will get full opportunity to complete any part of your application if required.</p>