I had a teacher write me a letter of rec. She said she wrote an amazing letter for me and then told me how she made it specific to …Cornell the school I applied ED for. The only schools that i submitted the letter to were dartmouth and upenn because i wanted another lor on those 2 applications.
I’m very scared that now that Im just going to get flat out rejected because of this mistake but in honestly, how was i supposed to know that she would do that!!! I waived FERPA so if she didn’t tell me person, i would never know : (
Should I ask her to send a letter to both schools an apology and a new version or should I let it be? I still can’t believe this happened
EDIT: Before anyone puts the blame on me lol I gave her a resume and list of colleges so the letter should’ve been addressing all schools.
It’s not optimal, but I don’t think it will hurt much. I don’t think it will be a difference maker, or keep you out of a school that you would have otherwise gotten into.
You didn’t write the letter. It’s her mistake. Anyone with any common sense is not going to hold what she did against you. They’ll be more interested in the substance of the letter and what she says about you.
Plus, it’s not like colleges don’t know that you’re applying to and are interested in other schools. I don’t think they’ll take offense to that.
@8bagels OMG thank you so much for replying!!! Do you think it would be of any benefit to ask her to send an email to them about it?
It says the letter is submitted but not downloaded yet so they haven’t received it yet
Your guidance counsellor can fix this. Just have the teacher give a new one to GC and they will email it w an explanation! Not a big deal. Not your mix up.
That’s a good question. On things like this, there’s 2 different perspective.
On the one hand, if she sends them an email about it, she is highlighting and calling even more attention to the error.
On the other hand, maybe it can be corrected.
I think it partly depends on exactly she said. If it only had a sentence at the beginning saying “I’m pleased to recommend X for Cornell” then never mentions it again, that’s probably not a big deal.
But if the letter goes on and on as to why Cornell specifically is a great fit for you, that might need correction.
All in all, since it’s so early, I guess I’d think about having her send revised letters, if she can do it quickly. I don’t think I’d do an email telling them about the error, without also having revised letters sent at the same time.
Interesting. Before I sent in a recommendation, there was a warning that specifically asked me not to tailor my recommendation to a specific school. I guess the recommender overlooked that.