<p>I checked the "application status" portions of the colleges I applied to, and several of them had a portion labeled "counselor recommendation." All of the colleges with this had a blank section under the "date received" column, because I never sent them one. I was totally unaware of one being needed for any of these schools, I applied to all of the using the common app, and while it gives the number of teacher recs required, SATs, etc., it gives no mention of any counselor recs being required.</p>
<p>Are they? If so, how should I go about getting one this late? I go to boarding school, and so I have an adviser, college counselor, and a dorm head. While the adviser would be the obvious choice to ask, I have a new one since my old one retired, and I don't know how to reach him. The new one might not know me that well. Would a letter from the dorm head suffice?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your help.</p>
<p>You need to get not only a counselor recommendation, but also an official transcript and school profile. The common app requires a "Secondary School Report" that includes these materials. Maybe you overlooked it.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help, I was unaware that a "Secondary School Report" included a counselor rec...I don't know how I messed that up.</p>
<p>I'm sort of surprised your school didn't catch it. They normally send it all together and I would suspect there is someone assigned to write them. Frankly, I suspect it's the "college counselor" but it depends on that person's duties. Why don't you ask them and see what they tell you? Also, get online and track down the fax #s of the admissions' offices of your prospective colleges. On Mon morning, call and ask if they will accept them faxed. If so, hand the fax #s to the designated person since it would be faster to do it that way.</p>
<p>I recently switched schools, so it's been kid of a mess consolidating everything and catching the college office of my new school up with everything...I guess it slipped through the cracks, I can't really blame them.</p>
<p>With that said, thanks for the help, I think you're right, it should be the college counselor....and I will get those fax #s. </p>
<p>Thanks again. Seriously, it's a big relief to have some guidance when it's this late...I don't want to blow my chances over something so little.</p>