<p>I submitted my CA to Dartmouth a few days ago and I already had all of my teacher and peer recommendations in, but not my counselor recommendation. Both of the teacher recommendations and peer recommendation said "Submitted: On ---- date." My counselor just submitted his recommendation/school report today, but now all of my recommendations say "Downloaded: On ---- date." </p>
<p>Is this "downloaded" the same as being submitted? </p>
<p>Thanks! The CA has been so squirrelly this year I just want to be extra careful.</p>
<p>Downloaded means the LOR has been added to the college’s database from CA’s database I believe. Submitted means now it’s just on the CA database but not yet on the college’s database.</p>
<p>Cabooser said it right. You can take comfort knowing ‘Downloaded’ is the final step in the process. Once a school downloads the submitted recommendations, there are no further updates to that portion of your common app account.</p>
<p>Downloaded is actually the step before adding to your file in the school’s database. Don’t be surprised if it does not show up in the school portal for another week or two.</p>