<p>Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
I’m applying to Brown Early Decision and I had asked my teacher for a recommendation a while ago because I wanted to give her a good amount of time to work on them. I had told her at that time that there was no rush because the Brown ED deadline isn’t until the start of November. Plus, I had told her that I haven’t submitted the commonapp or the supplement for Brown yet. So I asked her if she could tell me before mailed the rec letter so that she could check to see if my application has been submitted.
However, she told me today that she has sent in the rec letters to Brown already. I HAVEN’T EVEN SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION YET! The letter will probably get there in a couple of days, and there is no way that I can submit the commonapp, the supplement, and all the other things I need to do before then. What should I do? The Brown Admissions people won’t have a clue about who I am because I haven’t even applied yet and I’m worried about what’s going to happen. What if they just ignore the letter or lose it or something? What if they forget about it and the letter isn’t reviewed by the admission officer along with my application that I plan on submitting soon? There are numerous possible disastrous outcomes that are sure to screw up everything… I don’t know what to do, this is a big mess. Any help?</p>
<p>Admissions offices file recommendations and school reports as soon as they get them, whether or not you've actually submitted your application. They know you have no control over when your teacher sends his or her letter. Don't worry! :)</p>
<p>But how would they know where to file the rec letter, if they don't even know me or my name....?</p>
<p>This happens all the time and it happened to my S at Grinnell. Do not worry, the teacher recommendation form has your name on it and when it arrives they create a file for you. When your application arrives they put everything together.</p>
<p>They will create the file when they get the first piece of information from you, no matter what form it comes in.</p>
<p>Don't worry about it, but if you want to double check, I suggest you email them and let them know of the situation.</p>