<p>Okay, since there are so many new threads created by people panicking about troubles with their Eli accounts/application statuses, I decided to create one thread where people can ask questions and get some answers. Hopefully, some of the following items will clear things up.</p>
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<li>My Yale Application status doesn't say that the office has received my teacher recommendations or secondary school report! </li>
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<p>First off, be sure to actually read what the Application status website says. </p>
<p>"<em>Please read.</em> Your Application Fee status, Common Application and/or Common Application Yale Supplement will be listed below as soon as we have processed them, as will any test scores that have been sent to us officially. <strong>Additional documents required to begin review of your file (Teacher Recommendation and School Report Form) will be listed after November 15 (for Early Action) or January 20 (for Regular Decision).</strong> We regret that we are unable to check on the receipt of additional application materials.</p>
<p><strong><em>If documents are missing from your file, there is no cause for alarm.</em></strong> With the large volume of documents flowing to us from multiple sources, your materials may be missing even though you have taken every precaution to ensure their delivery. <strong><em>We ask that you follow the guidelines below in order to complete your file.</em></strong> Information on application status is updated daily as we process application materials. Please check this page again for any change."</p>
<p>Many people are complaining of this problem, because the site is admittedly a little ambiguous. If you have this message...</p>
<p>"Teacher recommendation or Secondary School Report filed online. Please confirm on your Common Application Yale University/School Forms page that your teacher or counselor was successfully 'assigned'. If their form was submitted more than 5 business days ago, please ask them to resubmit it.</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation or Secondary School Report filed on paper. Please check with the teacher or counselor to be sure the original was sent. If it was mailed more than 10 days ago, ask that a copy be faxed or mailed to us using the fax number 203-777-6120 or the address provided here.</p>
<p>Important: Please send us only the documentation that is actually listed above as missing. Also, on any documents sent to us on paper, please include your full legal name and Application ID (displayed at the top of this screen) so that we can get the documents quickly to the correct file. Finally, please use only one method for sending your missing documentation--either electronic submission, fax, U.S Mail or delivery service."</p>
<p>...it is important that you note the excerpts marked with asterisks in first quote. Yale explicitly states that you "send [them] only the documentation that is actually listed above as missing," which means that if your Application Status page does not list the above forms as missing, you should not ask your teachers or counselor to resubmit or fax the school forms. The quote taken from the website above is conditional, because in the first block of instructions they give, they state, "We ask that you follow the guidelines below in order to complete your file." These are instructions for only people whose school forms are listed as missing after November 15. </p>
<p>Please, have patience, guys! If we all flood the admissions office with second copies of every form that accompanies our applications, we'll be waiting until next August for a decision. It's best if we all sit tight and stay calm while they process the flood of documents that has inundated the office. </p>
<p>If you have more questions, feel free to post! And if you have answers, please don't hesitate to share.</p>