<p>First and foremost, US adreps are very understanding when it comes to applications from other countries. They will take the fourth rec letter with a grain of salt. Let that part of the equation go. Making a fuss about it will not help your case.</p>
<p>Secondly, welcome to adult life. Things go wrong for no apparent reason. That's life. Oh well. Your ability to adjust to the circumstances and make the best of the situation at hand is a strong predictor of future success.</p>
<p>Third, DO NOT let this matter build into an emotional excuse. Yale is very very difficult to get into. 1 out of every 10.25 students is accepted. Those are very very slim chances and you must accept that and be prepared to accept their decision no matter which way it goes--whether or not you prepared your life for Yale or not.</p>
<p>You appear to be a superior student. You will be going to a fantastic university next year. It might be Yale or it might be another. At this time next year, you will not care. You will realize that the true fortune of your life is getting an education, living within the community of a fine university.</p>
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<p>You say you never waived your right to review your recommendations. . . .Then it seems to me that you would be totally within your rights to open the Yale package and review it.<<</p>
<p>Are your recommenders and counselor aware that you didn't check the waive box? If yes, then why don't you just insist on reviewing your package?<<</p>
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<p>One misconception is that by not signing the waiver that is on many college applications, you retain the right to read the recommendations that accompanied your application at any time. Not signing the waiver only means that if you matriculate to XXX College, and you ask to see your application file and the recommendations are still in the file, you can read them. </p>
<p>At the high school level, whether or not an applicant is shown a recommendation by the person who wrote it is entirely in the control of the recommender (or school policy)--it is not a "right" that you have but can waive.</p>
<p>Having opened that package is going to be really hard to explain to your high school. . .because you really didn't have the right to open that package. Can we say that the dog ate it open?</p>
<p>A note on IB predicted scores...they are official, and are provided to the IBO. When a student scores more than 2 off (i.e., a predicted 7, actual 5) it is sent to a third grader. This is how the IB protects both students as well as the uniformity of their grading system. (at least this is what I have been told)</p>
<p>When your teacher tells you that he/she thinks you will get a 7 on the exam that does not necessarily mean that 7 is your official predicted score...remember that depending on the course there is much internal assessment to be factored in.</p>
<p>My vote would be to let the app stay as is. On the student portion you listed your courses, so the HL vs SL difference should get noticed. Any benefit from fixing this small discrepancy will, imo, be far outweighed by the adcom wondering who and how the mistake was caught after the fact. Opening the envelope might just keep you out regardless of the strength of your app....most schools take honor code type violations quite seriously and while your school may fix the mistake you may end up with a serious, have to be explained, violation in your file that will affect all the rest of your apps.</p>
<p>BTW, if I am correct you are at school in CH. If you are in the french speaking part feel free to pm me and I will send you my contact details. I am an American Mom with one dd who went through this process ly (including SCEA to Yale), is at Brown, and a second dd who is a senior and in the midst of apps just like you. I've learned a lot in the last two years and would be happy to help bridge the gc gap in any way I can.</p>
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<p>Opening the envelope might just keep you out regardless of the strength of your app....most schools take honor code type violations quite seriously.<<</p>
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<p>So true, sarap--Harvard Business School rescinded the acceptances of HBS applicants that hacked into the school computers to see if they had been accepted.</p>
<p>hmm... but don't you think that i should get her to change the mistakes before sending it out to other colleges. I mean if i have a right to a 7 and i get a 6 is'nt that a little unfair..?
and it's not that teachers told me that this is what they thought id get... they told us that these were our official predicted marks... i even typed them up for my french teacher!!
anyways i think im just being weird cuz im pretty stressed at the moment ill take some time to think about it, before i do something stupid :S
thank you so much for all of you advice!!</p>
<p>hey everyone!
just thot id tell u what i did and how it turned out since the thread was bumped up anyways!
well my dad went to school and had a talk with my counselor about scholarships for this uni im applying to. He told her that I needed certain predicted marks and asked her if i had that score (which is true). She showed him my scores and when she did he told her that they did not seem right as the teachers' comments last PTC where different. She then checked up on them and realized that she in fact had made a mistake and corrected my scores and while double checking the entire app she corrected the other mistakes...
So now all of the other apps that im sending out wont have these mistakes on them. However, these scores were not sent to Yale. Do you think i should have her fax them over on Monday or is it too late and pointless since scea decisions are coming out on Friday ? Im just afraid that they'll cause confusion
thank you again for all of your help and time</p>
<p>Elodie: I'm glad that you were able to point out the mistakes in your app without having to disclose how you found them. Your dad's cover story was perfect.</p>