I didn't sign the confidentiality waiver!

Applying to College
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<p>*"Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974: ...the act provides that applicants who subsequently enroll will have a right to inspect and review the evaluation if it is retained by the University...Sign your name below <em>only</em> if you wish to waive your right of access.</p>

<p>I request that this form be sent to _____ University w/the understanding that it will be used for admission purposes. I understand that I will not read this reference and I will not to do so, either while I am enrolled at ____ or subsequently."*</p>

<p>Is not signing this going to adversely affect the review of my application? I understood the waiver to mean that I was waiving my right to see my evaluation AFTER I was accepted, IF the school retained a copy of my application, and I didn't want to waive that right.</p>

<p>Am I misunderstanding this? By not signing, did I mean that my teacher's recommendation wasn't fully confidential? </p>

<p>I did not read my teacher's recommendation, and definitely did not/am not planning to. She placed the recommendation into an envelope, sealed it, and signed it across the flap, so it remained confidential.</p>

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<p>take a look at my post, it may help</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=116585%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=116585&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>It is DEFINITELY a good idea to sign it, as shown in the above thread.</p>

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<p>Does the commonapp have any section to sign? I didn't sign those because I couldn't find it...</p>

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<p>the problem is that most of my recs have already been sent off. Does it not count if the envelope is sealed and signed? I think I'll send in a signed blanket statement to all of my schools, stating that I waive my right.</p>

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<p>Send in the blanket statement like Avalon suggested (and possibly get the teacher to sign it), and then stop worrying about it. :)</p>

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<p>your recs bear more weight if you sign it.</p>

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<p>Yes, send in a "blanket statement." Take a look at the wording on the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 waiver. It also keeps the recs private if you enroll in College X and subsequently attempt to find out what your teachers wrote about you -- it isn't just for the application period. Not signing it often indicates that you somehow mistrust what they wrote about you or that you have concerns about what they said -- warning flags in the eyes of adcoms.</p>