<p>Okay. So I had a long weekend. We got Friday-Monday off. And over the weekend, I decided that I'd actually really like to go to USC (my state school). The long weekend was the first time this year that I've really had a chance to sit down and sift through colleges and I'm glad that I did. Anyways, I found out that USC's early notification deadline is October 15. I knew that it was really late to talk to my guidance counselor, but I wanted to get my application in. I figured that since all I needed was a simple form to be filled out (with ranking, numbers, etc.) and my transcript to be sent in, that even though it's really late, I could still get in done.</p>
<p>But then I went to see my guidance counselor and he was really dissapointed that I waited until the last minute. He told me that I wasn't giving him enough time to do a fair job for me. And I feel really bad about it, because it is my fault. A week really isn't enough time.</p>
<p>The thing about it is that this is an early notification deadline... not a regular decision.</p>
<p>So what do I do? Do I go back tomorrow and apologize profusely and say that it really isn't fair and that I'm just going to submit it by regular or do I apologize profusely and try to get it in by Friday?</p>
<p>I'm really lost and although I'm really annoyed, I know that it's my fault. I just didn't realize that the deadline was so soon and I only kind of decided on the college this weekend. =/</p>
<p>I'm worried that if I tell him that I don't want to turn it in early now that he'll think that I'm just wasting his time and not taking it seriously, but at the same time, I also want to be fair and give him ample time to submit the application. =/</p>
<p>Well, it seems to me that, even though you could have asked your counselor to prepare your things with more anticipation, it is still his job to do it anyway.</p>
<p>I want to do whatever has the better outcome with his opinion of me since he’ll be writing all of my other recommendations for other colleges. =/</p>
<p>He sent me and email telling me that I wasn’t giving him enough time. So that makes me think that I should just try for regular… but again, I want him to think that I’m not wasting his time.</p>
<p>Well, you need to consider the fact that counselors are dealing with scores if not hundreds of other students and that every day counts. I would just apologize and try to explain what you’ve already told us (that you’ve just recently had enough time to seriously consider your choices for college). Hopefully, he’ll understand and do his best to get everything done. Just keep in mind that he’ll have to essentially drop everything else he’s doing just to fill your forms on time, so if he says he can’t do it, there’s no use arguing the point.</p>
<p>If he can’t do it, there’s always the RD deadline.</p>
<p>He only has about 15 other students that he advises. (I go to a small high school. 43 students in my class… Three guidance counselors.)</p>
<p>But he didn’t say that he couldn’t do it… he said he couldn’t do a good job. Which is fine. I would have rather him said that he couldn’t do it and then just left me with regular.</p>
<p>Am I just over-thinking this? Should I just go in and profusely apologize and say that after thinking it over that I’ve realized it’s probably better to apply RD for his and my sake?</p>
<p>AU -A few questions…Do you have the GPA and SAT scores to be admitted? Have you handed in information about yourself that is required for him to write up a good recommendation? Have you already sent your scores to the college? If you can answer yes to all of these I really think you should go back tomorrow with some home baked goods and ask him to rush it out by Friday.</p>
<p>I have SAT scores being sent to the college and I ordered a transcript today. (She said she’d get it to him tonight or tomorrow morning.) And he asked for my essay and my resume by tomorrow and I’m going to email that to him tonight.</p>