Counselor Sent Letter to Wrong Schools--am I Screwed?

Applying to College
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<p>ARGH! im so FRUSTRATED!!</p>

<p>First of all, i applied to those multiple degree progs (BA/MD) medical programs. Those apps are usually in around Dec. 1st. </p>

<p>My counselor wrote me a pretty good rec letter & showed it to me before he sent it.</p>

<p>So anyway, I approached him teh other day, asking about the status of the rec letter for the other schools (NOT MEDICAL...like Ivies and liberal arts colleges)</p>

<p>and hes liek... uhm i thougth that rec letter was for all the school</p>

<p>SO BASCIALY he said sth along the lines of "I would like to comment on why she is a good candidate for your medical school" </p>

<p>But maybe my A$$ is saved because at the end he just said "I would liek to recommend her for your institutions"</p>

<p>CRAP!!!!! AM I SCREWED what do i DO!!!!
thanks SO much guys for any replies!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>plllease anything i can do? am i officiallyyyy screwed?!!</p>

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<p>Admissions will realize he just made a mistake. It is the fact he recommends you as a great student that counts.</p>

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<p>do u think the admissions will contact the counselor and ask what's up with the "medical school" thing?!</p>

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<p>This is a perfect example of why student-counselor dialogue should be frequent. My GC wrote two letters of reccomendation. She wrote one for my top-choice school which was very personal because she knows the admissions counselor for our region personally. Then she spliced things from the first one to create the second one which she then sent to the rest of my schools.</p>

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<p>okay... but do u think that i basically lost all my chances with all my other schools besides the med progs?</p>

<p>AHH do u think adcoms will contact my counselor???</p>

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<p>You're fine. Relax.</p>

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<p>don't you just love these threads that have "am I screwed?!?" or "auto-reject!?!?" in the title?</p>

<p>the answer is almost always no.</p>

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<p>I assume schools are going to be very understanding. They know your counselor likely writes only 1 letter for you and then sends it to multiple schools. As long as you are represented well in the letter, it won't matter if the letter accidentally says you are applying to a BA/MD program.</p>

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<p>its not ur fault since u had no control over this. u wont be punished for it</p>

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<p>Perhaps you could recommend to your GC that he/she send a follow-up letter to the non-BS/MD schools and explain his/her mistake. That would actually give you an advantage, since you would be in front of their eyes twice.</p>

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<p>
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That would actually give you an advantage, since you would be in front of their eyes twice.

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I don't think so. I think it will just draw attention to the error and to the fact that the student is applying to BA/MD programs. Not a good thing.</p>

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<p>omg ... thanks so much everyone ahhh im still freaking out ish... :'(
i agree with chedva. im gonan tell him not to send another letter</p>

<p>well i hope they'll just be like "she has a dumb counselor" and let it slide</p>

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<p>Just calm down. I'm sure it happens a lot and it's nothing to worry about, jeez.</p>