<p>One of the authors of the LoRs I used in 2006/7 application round passed away some days after I had posted my last application package. Should I inform the admisisons committees of the institutions I applied to about this?
Any advice will be welcome.</p>
<p>i certainly think so.</p>
<p>I would definitely inform all of the institutions asap!</p>
<p>yes, tell your institution and see what would be the best approach. I have had very bad luck with LoR's myself. One of my professors went on leave the semester I needed the letter and he didnt respond to any emails.</p>
<p>Wow, this thread makes for a very jarring title on the forum page.</p>
<p>I am sorry. I just needed help.
Anyway, for the record, I informed all the seven schools I applied to. Four of them replyed that my recommender?s passing away would not make any difference, even because one of these schools, alas, had already rejected me officially...</p>
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<p>because one of these schools, alas, had already rejected me officially...</p>
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<p>maybe the person who was supposed to send u the rejection letter also passed away...</p>
<p>Lol
This could be a good starting point for a LAw and Order SVU episode...
Would I turn out to be the main suspect?</p>
<p>yeah, or it could be a book. imagine the title:</p>
<p>LOOPHOLE - Getting into Grad School Using Underground Methods</p>
<p>Great!!
Or "A Graduate in the Underground"</p>
<p>What happens if a great prof you've known for 3+ years passed away before writing you a LOR, leaving you with one less LOR writer?</p>
<p>You find another. Unfortunately, they can't write letters from beyond. Two of my profs have died, and two more cannot be found. It makes things more difficult, but there's not a lot of other options.</p>