<p>Okay, so Fredonia requires two letters of recommendation from two different music teachers. My private voice teacher wrote one and sent it out weeks ago. I asked my high school choir teacher to write me one, and she agreed. I received it in the mail today. She sent the recommendation in a sealed envelope, and put that inside a larger manila one. </p>
<p>The problem is, Fredonia requires the person to sign across the sealed flap. She didn't. </p>
<p>What do I do? If I send it back, I won't get it in time for it to get up to Fredonia by my audition. I'm cutting close as it is.</p>
<p>What should I do?? I'm going to email the music admissions office, but I don't think they'll get back to my email until at least tomorrow.</p>
<p>BTW, I'm a transfer student. I'm in college.</p>
<p>Can’t you or a parent bring it to your choir teacher tomorrow in person? Then you could still get it in the mail. Not the easiest option, but probably the quickest.</p>
<p>No :\ I forgot to mention I graduated last year and I’m at community college. I have class and work all day tomorrow and my parents are working as well, so there’s no way I can get to the HS.</p>
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<li>You could hope that Fredonia will take the letter late.</li>
<li>You could phone the teacher and ask her to come sign the letter.</li>
<li>You could skip class or go late to work and stop by the school.</li>
<li>You could go to the school later in the week when you have more time and hand-carry the letter to Fredonia with you.</li>
<li>You could send it as is with a note of explanation to the admissions office.</li>
<li>You could ask someone else to bring the letter to the teacher.</li>
<li>You could spend time on CC hoping someone will come up with a less inconvenient solution.</li>
<li>You could decide that transferring isn’t worth the trouble.</li>
<li>You could ask the teacher to call Fredonia herself and explain that she didn’t sign the envelope.</li>
<li>You could forge the signature, with or without the teacher’s permission.</li>
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<p>Clearly, some of these options are preferable. In my opinion, you need to clarify your own priorities in this matter. Personally, #3 or #4 would be my choice. Good luck!</p>
<p>Call Fredonia and ask if it can come in a little late. I wouldn’t recommend forging the signature. If you get caught its a huge ethical issue and could cause you to lose your position if you are accepted. I’ve seen so many students filling in missing information on applications at auditions this year and college web sites holding decisions until everything is in so I am optimistic that Fredonia will work with you on this!</p>
<p>riku92mr, schools often give some latitude to rec letters because, of all things, they are out of the student’s control. If I were you I’d call the school tomorrow and explain the dilemma. This has probably come up before!</p>
<p>@Momofbassist - and riku92mr - just wanted to clarify that OF COURSE I wasn’t recommending forging the signature. Just brainstorming a list of possible courses of action…it seemed obvious to me that the OP should get off the computer and get over to the school!</p>
<p>@stradmom: I really didn’t think it was an alternative you were advising since it was #10 on the list. I was just afraid it would appear the most expedient and cause trouble in the long run.</p>
<p>Haha nice list. Of course I’d never forge the signature. I’m going to give a call to the music admissions office first thing tomorrow and see if I can bring it up myself instead of mailing it, and if so, I’ll stop by the HS on Thursday at some point.</p>
<p>@sagiter - I’m not going to skip class. Considering there’s a college-wide attendance policy, missing a class is quite a risky thing to do. Plus, it’s too short-notice to get my shift changed at work. This isn’t “silly.”</p>
<p>^^ Agreed. One of my S’s schools said it had a hard deadline of December 1 for everything to be in for consideration for merit scholarships. I know one of the teacher recommendations didn’t get there by December 1, but he got a scholarship anyway. Schools have to set deadlines or nobody would get anything in on time, but there are always exceptions.</p>
<p>Yep, I’d call the admissions office, explain the situation, and ask if it would be better to send it without the signature, or get the signature and have it be late.</p>
<p>I heard back today from the music admissions rep. He said to just bring up the envelope unsigned and briefly explain during my audition, and give it to them. (:</p>