<p>So my counselor is on maternity leave and won't be back until late October or November, which means no letter of recommendation for me T_T I knew her well for 3 years, talked to her often, and she knew that I always wanted to challenge myself, sign up for the most difficult courses, etc. </p>
<p>Anyways, I have to get a LoR from a counselor I have yet to meet. How important is the LoR from the counselor? I'm not talking about the forms s/he has to fill out (because that should be the same either way), but what s/he says about you in the letter. I'm really worried that the new, generic LoR will hurt my chances of getting in UMich.</p>
<p>I’m worried about the same thing - one of my favourite teachers who thinks the world of me is pregnant and going on maternity leave in 2 weeks, and I really REALLY wanted a recommendation from her.</p>
<p>^ Why don’t you get the recommendation right now? -<em>- Or is it already too late? I’m so grateful my teacher will be writing a recommendation for me. He teaches the same subject I’m majoring in, so it should help. Still, my counselor rec is gonna SUCK T</em>T I just found this out like 30 mins ago and I’m freaking. Lol.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it’s too late, she hardly shows up for class anymore and when she does I’m not there because I’m doing some EC or something. :(</p>
<p>But hey, if it helps, our counselor doesn’t know us either - everyone applying abroad has one mass meeting with her and then she writes our recs based on a resume we hand in to her. As generic as it can get.</p>
<p>What they said when I went to an information session is that it’s no big deal if your counselor doesn’t write a picture perfect letter. They know that sometimes counselors have to deal with hundreds of students.</p>