<p>All of my personal application materials will be sent in before the EA deadline (common app, supplement, fee, etc.), but one of my teachers says that she will not be able to mail her recommendation form until Nov. 1. Because the first is a Saturday, it will not reach Yale until the next week. </p>
<p>Will this be OK?</p>
<p>I would recommend calling the admissions office. This seems like something you should have considered a few weeks ago; hindsight is 20:20. </p>
<p>Realistically I think you'll be alright, but I would call to be sure.</p>
<p>It should be. I believe that the November 1st deadline is applicable only to the student portion. The school forms and teacher recs can come later. It shouldn't come too much later but the week after sounds okay. At least, this is what I've been told.</p>
<p>If your teacher sends it out on Nov. 1 (in the morning), it should be fine. Even if you sent out your materials (app, supplement, etc.) on Nov. 1 (in the morning), it should be fine because that's just the postmark deadline, not the date that they have to receive your materials. Remember, the mail still runs on Saturdays so it shouldn't be an issue at all. At least this is according to their website (look under "when to apply"): Application</a> to Yale College | Freshmen | Office of Undergraduate Admissions.</p>
<p>You're fine, tinsel. The drop dead deadline is only for materials coming from you, the student. There's some leeway for materials you have no control over -- teacher and GC recs. My son did not discover until around Nov 15 last year (via his Eli account -- the dreaded red "X") that one of his recommendations never reached Yale. Admissions just asked him to make sure that it was re-sent promptly.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies--what a relief! I was scared that my whole app would be tossed because of my teacher's lateness.</p>
<p>^ No, not at all. Don't worry</p>
<p>tinsel: I posted this to another thread asking a similar question:</p>
<p>"Stop being paranoid. If there are any items missing from your file, they'll contact your school (transcripts, recs, etc) or from you (if they're missing some info from you).</p>
<p>They don't have some raging bonfire outside the window where any app that's anyway incomplete get tossed into once the clock strikes 12:01 November 1. They actually WANT to read your file and they aren't your enemies -- don't forget that. Relax and enjoy your senior year. Best of luck to you."</p>