<p>When I approached my teacher about writing a rec and gave him addresses (he opted for paper), I was planning to do Yale SCEA, and so instructed him to label the Yale envelope "EA" as appropriate. Now I think I might have changed my mind and just apply RD (I want to apply somewhere else EA). I think he might have mailed them already (I will check for sure)...is there anything I can do about this if he has? </p>
<p>Thanks a lot</p>
<p>What’s to do? Just send Y a note saying that you’ve changed your mind and an EA app won’t be arriving, only an RD one. </p>
<p>Simple. It’s not as if they were just gonna shred your mis-marked “EA” teacher rec and ban you from applying.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you</p>
<p>You could do that though it wouldn’t exactly do wonders for you because you’re signaling that your relative interest in them has decreased. A note only makes this more visible. If he’s marked EA on the envelope, probably the only thing that would happen is that the lower-level office staff who process the mail would just rush his/her rec into your file at an earlier date. In any case, as long as there is no mention of SCEA anywhere else in your app, you’re probably better off having them believe that your teacher marked your rec EA accidentally.</p>
<p>I’m almost completely certain applicants have to specify EA or RD on their envelopes so that the admissions office can ensure that all EA applications are processed quicker. So, this just means that the upperclassman at Yale who opens envelopes and files the recommendations will get to yours sooner. No big deal. :)</p>
<p>Also, I think srrinath made a slight exaggeration. You could conceivably imagine that an admissions officer would look down upon a letter stating that you switched your mind from EA to RD, but I doubt that sending a letter of that type to the admissions office would ever even reach the admissions officer. Also, switching from one admissions cycle often has nothing to do with a shift in interest in the college, and admissions officers are very well aware of this.</p>
<p>So, basically, whatever you do, there’s nothing to worry about. :)</p>