Missing piece of application (Counselor Rec)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Vanderbilt University
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<p>I received a letter from Vandy last night telling me that my app was missing the counselor rec.</p>

<p>Considering my counselor seemed to have sent everything else in, what exactly do I do other than tell her she didn't do it?</p>

<p>Is the counselor rec some simplistic form where they circle in the answers to questions like some survey. "Best I've ever had", "Top 5%", and stuff like that...</p>

<p>Or is it an actual written rec? If so, how long should it be?</p>

<p>It has to be postmarked by Jan. 30th. Soooooooooooooooo, yeah.</p>

<p>Help, please!</p>

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<p>The 'counselor' rec is in reality the Secondary School Report which you can download from common app. Perhaps your GC mailed it but it was misfiled. If your GC saved a copy, s/he can just fax it in.</p>

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<p>Ok. Thanks, BB.</p>

<p>Also, I just recently found out that the mid-year report is optional. As soon as I found out, I asked my counselor if she had already sent it in. She said yes, but that what she sent did not have my grades on it for the first semester. She said it just had my senior classes on it pretty much.</p>

<p>Could that be true?</p>

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<p>"She said yes, but that what she sent did not have my grades on it for the first semester. She said it just had my senior classes on it pretty much."</p>

<p>I don't think that's how it works. Because you input your senior classes on the common app, so Vandy already has that information. 1st semester grades are the only reason for the mid-year report.</p>

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<p>Does the student input his/her senior classes?</p>

<p>I honestly can't remember if I did or not.</p>

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<p>Uh-no. Senior classes are not part of the common app app. The senior classes you enter are then printed on the Secondary School Report for the GC to send in.</p>

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<p>I just failed.</p>

<p>But, BB, your case only works for GC's who do it online. Since no one at my school does it online, we have to hand write everything in.</p>

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<p>Doesn't our official transcripts state what our senior schedule is though? Cause, I know for my school/county, the initial transcript I sent in had all my courses/grades for 9-11th, and then on another page it had all my senior courses. Does your school do this?</p>

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<p>Mine does that, too. It has my senior year quarter grades on it as well.</p>

<p>I guess every school is different.</p>

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<p>True. I wonder why the Commonapp asks us for our senior courses if it's not even a part of our application?</p>

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<p>hilsa:</p>

<p>Our school does not do online. When my D clicked on School Forms/Counselor School Forms the CA printed out her School Report AND Mid-Year report and both included her senior courses already formatted.</p>

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<p>Well, I'm not computer savvy so I blame that. :)</p>