Letters of Recommendation

Graduate School
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<p>This is something my friend and I were wondering about, but what happens if a professor you ask to write you a letter of recommendation for grad school doesn't turn one in? Does that reflect poorly on the applicant?</p>

<p>This probably isn't the same thing since as far as I know recommendations don't play as important an role, but I applied to a 3-2 program, and only one of the professors I asked for recommendations actually submitted them. The other two haven't submitted them yet and they are due tomorrow. I emailed them numerous times and am going to see them tomorrow.</p>

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<p>Professors are notorious procrastinators when it comes to LORs. Many will submit at the deadline. Some submit afterward, and as long as those letters arrive in a week or so after the deadline, the graduate admissions committee usually doesn’t care.</p>