<p>Currently beating myself up over this totally stupid mistakes that I made, if I read correctly.</p>
<p>Submitted my EA application via the Common App on the 15th.</p>
<p>Was I supposed to mail anything to them? (Right now, a week later, everything is pointing towards YES)</p>
<p>I know USF has their own out-of-date application and the Common App, I'll be honest when I say I was confused for a bit since the instructions clashed and conflicted once or twice on the USFCA website.</p>
<p>It's because of this that I assumed that the physical mailing of things (such as the LoR) wasn't applicable for the Common App. (Considering how such things on the Teacher Recommendation Form for USF App and for the Common App are essentially the same thing)</p>
<p>I checked my application status, and it says they received my PS and my testing records, but not my transcript or my LoR. I emailed admissions asking them about it and they said to wait a week in case they were still processing or haven't received it yet. (Them saying they haven't received it yet should've been a red flag for me)</p>
<p>"Remember: Once you complete the Common Application, be sure to send all supporting documentsEssay, Letter of Recommendation, Transcripts, Mid-year Report, Testing Records, and your Application Feeto our office."</p>
<p>Did I just ruin my EA chances? or even worse: my entire chance if I can't touch my application if I get deferred? (No clue how the deferment process works)</p>
<p>I also applied through CommonApp (did not send anything in through physical mail), and encountered the same problem as you did (with the LoR and transcript not showing up). After giving it a few days, I called their admissions office and asked whether what was going on, but the lady immediately checked my application while we were on the phone and said they received everything. The following day, my application status changed and stated they received my LoR and transcript. If I were you, I’d give them a call just to make sure they have everything.
My school won’t even send physical material if there is a CommonApp application available, so… :(</p>
<p>You do need to send your HS transcripts via snail-mail, but the LoRs and “Counselor Rec/Certification” can be done electronically by forwarding to those in which you want an LoR received from. There should also be a snail-mail option for the LoRs since not everyone will be able to do them electronically (you print out the forms for the individual and hand them that with an envelope with postage and the USF mailing address attached so they can send it on in once it is complete - it still needs to be received by the app deadline). I applied RD last year and verified my LoRs were electronically submitted on time (offering help to any of those who had trouble since the CommonApp isn’t the easiest to navigate) and still a couple days before the deadline it showed that my transcripts were not received. I ended up hand-walking them in to my admissions representative on the USF campus, and he was totally understanding of the time crunch.</p>
<p>You will not be considered for admission (not even deferred) if you do not have all the required docs submitted by the deadline - they will consider your application as incomplete and you will instead have to apply regularly through RD.</p>
<p>I’m looking at the application status check on the website right now. I submitted everything electronically (through CommonApp) - transcript, LoR, everything - but USF claims to have received my essay, high school transcript, LoR, and SAT scores by Nov 15. </p>
<p>It doesn’t say anything in the status side, however, although I am unfamiliar with what it should actually say. </p>
<p>Should I still give them a call to confirm?</p>
<p>Meow, thanks for the ease of mind. I emailed them last week and they just told me to chill, but I think I’ll actually call them tomorrow to see what’s up.</p>
<p>Turtlerock, have I ever told you that you were last year’s saint when it came to anything about USF? But what you said is pretty unsettling. Frim the looks of things, my LoR should be fine, but What worries me is that my counselor didn’t do her part of the common app until the deadline(even though I assigned her at the beginning of the month), so there might be a chance that she hasn’t even sent out of my transcript. Hopefully this isn’t the case, but if it is, then it looks like I have to reapply RD because it’s been a week past the deadline already so I can’t do what you did(walking the transcript in. Jesus, that sounds horrible)</p>
<p>Meow, it looks like you’re in a possibly tighter predicament than me if your school refuses to send snail mail. Hopefully it’s just a misunderstanding and USF did get your transcript. I would call if I were you. No harm, no foul, I guess,.</p>
<p>Stimulations, I also e-mailed them earlier today.
As for the CommonApp, as long as your counselor submitted the secondary report, it should be fine. Double check on CommonApp whether or not she actually submitted it.
It’s strange, however, since everything I submitted is listed as ‘received’ in the application status check on the website. Hopefully that means I didn’t actually have to send anything into them physically!
Hopefully things will turn out fine for the both of us Best of luck! Let us know what happens!</p>
Haha, I think some have mentioned to me before how helpful the information I posted last year was. I was applying to USF so I wanted a lot more info, but it seemed pretty dead here and I figured there had to be at least one other person who wanted info like I did.</p>
<p>I don’t want to confuse about the different application sites (CommonApp vs the internal USF app status webpage). Everything I said above applied to the CommonApp. If anything on your CommonApp says it is incomplete or has not been done for a particular school by the application deadline, then chances are (I’m sure there could be some exceptions where the app is still valid) that the app will be considered incomplete and they will not review incomplete apps for admission. IF everything on the CommonApp is good, then all should be well (eventually) with the internal USF site - what happens is CommonApp uploads your docs and USF has to manually connect to the app to ‘download’ all your application materials - it’s not an immediate automatic thing where as soon as the person submits stuff to CommonApp (LoRs, counselor school report, whatever) that it is in the laps of USF personnel. USF will eventually go in, see that everything was submitted on time, and download all your items to be reviewed for admission. If anything on your USF app status site shows incomplete (it will have a blank date for ‘Received’), but it shows as done on the CommonApp, then the USF site should update within a few days to a week or so.</p>
<p>IF something is incomplete on the CommonApp, then it will need to be submitted before the deadline (I know it’s passed by now), which is why I mentioned the example of handing it in (everything on my USF app status last year said it was received except my transcripts and the school confirmed they did not have them yet, though I know I sent them via mail, so I decided to hand them in personally).</p>
<p>I would say that by December 1st if your USF app status page does not match your commonapp, then that would be the time to contact the campus - and don’t be shy about contacting your area’s specific admissions counselor/rep (info can be found on USF’s website) and ask about it. I’ve mentioned before that all the counselors are extremely willing to help and are understanding of some of the hurdles students face in submitting all the proper app docs (at least mine was).</p>
<p>Dec 1st would be the lastest I would wait though because the admissions counselors and reps DO go on Winter break by mid-December and won’t return until almost mid-January.</p>
<p>Seriously, turtlerock, you are amazing. Thank you so much for all the help. :)</p>
<p>CommonApp claims everything has been received and so does USF. What is the status area actually supposed to say? Is it just a marker for USF to know if they have seen it or not?</p>
<p>I’ve emailed my specific admissions rep, but she has yet to respond </p>
<p>Okay, you guys made me feel a lot better. According to the common app, everything is fine for me.</p>
<p>Meow, we should start a Turtlerock fan club if we both attend USF:)
And I think your application should be fine, actually.</p>
<p>Establishing a solid deadline such as December 1st really helped, thanks. It feels like I’m wandering in the dark, but that deadline set some sort of ground.</p>
<p>I think I know my area rep too well. I don’t think she likes me very much :(</p>
<p>Seriously! I’d love to meet you if we both actually end up attending USF, haha. </p>
<p>I agree about the deadline with the admissions rep statement too… I feel like I’ve annoyed her so much she doesn’t even respond to me anymore… this is bad LOL</p>
Bear in mind that there was just an extended holiday with Thanksgiving and the deadline for ED was a week before that, so this is actually probably the busiest time for the admissions people - you shouldn’t be worried and they shouldn’t be annoyed, it’s their job to interact with prospective student and applicants and ensure that the app process is smooth and clear.</p>
<p>I agree, if both of you say that your CommonApp says you’ve submitted everything successfully before the deadline (and you’ve mailed anything else that couldn’t be done via commonapp), then USF should be able to download all your materials.</p>
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If you’re referring to the USF app status site, then there should be a date in the received column for each item (in rows). If it is blank, then they have not received (read: downloaded) that item yet. If there is a date, then they have downloaded it from your commonapp or received it in the mail.</p>
<h2>Example:</h2>
<h2>Transcripts l 11/27/12</h2>
<h2>Letter of Rec l 11/21/12</h2>
<h2>School report l (blank)</h2>
<p>(This is what the layout at the bottom of the page looked like last year anyway, so if it’s different let the thread know so there’s no confusion).</p>
<p>In this example the School Report’s date is blank, which indicates it has not been downloaded from USF yet, though this kind of thing should be rare as all the CommonApp items should all be downloaded at the same time, so almost all of the items on the USF App Status page should have the same date.</p>
<p>So to answer your question the short way, the status page is just to let you as the applicant know that USF has looked at your application.</p>
<p>YES! THEY REPLIED! MY APP IS FINE!!! :)))))))) Still think they don’t like me very much. LOL. Maybe I just read @AdmissionsProblems too much. Such a huge weight off my shoulders. Hope everything turned out fine and dandy for you, too, Meow!:)</p>
<p>turtlerock, you’re like Superman in USF’s and SCU’s forums…</p>
<p>:( My counselor still hasn’t replied to me LOL I THINK SHE REALLY DOES HATE ME OTL HELP
but i did call two days ago to tell them I was no longer taking the SAT and the woman who helped me was super nice and told me my application was complete so I’m good too ^ ^ Thank you guys so much! <3 You guys are amazing :)</p>
<p>@turtlerock: Sort of, yes. It’s really close to home, so I’d end up commuting everyday because of the financial opportunity that would be really hard to ignore (driving vs. room+board)</p>
<p>@meow: After I contacted someone at USF and they replied, I checked my Application Status and everything was updated to say when they received my transcript and my LoR. That didn’t happen to you? But yaay for having your app sorted out!! I guess we’re going to wait til circa Christmas time to see if all of our worrying has been worth it! :)</p>
<p>Mine actually had the received dates a day or two after I saw this thread, but I got worried anyway, haha. Silly me. Same for you! I’m so nervous haha. Hope for the best for both of us! Thanks so much to you and turtlerock for all the help. <3</p>
That’s a good reason to consider it an alternative to USF. Should be worth applying to see the rest of the FA package they offer since you’d know there’s no R&B cost right off the bat.</p>
Best of luck! Let us know what happens!</p>
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with the admissions rep statement too…