Is it too late to send this?

<p>A figure in my community has just offered to send an additional letter of recommendation to the schools I applied to (Cornell, Yale, and a few others). He is the CEO of a large nonprofit and is very clever, so I'm sure the letter would be excellent. </p>

<p>Does anyone know when admissions offices begin to decide between applications? If Cornell and Yale have already decided whether they want me or not, I don't think it will make much difference. But can it hurt to send anyway?</p>

<p>Bump…</p>

<p>I would need to mail it today…</p>

<p>Sure, do it, but email them NOW . They won’t start reading your application until you’ve sent in everything.</p>