<p>my counselor let me read the rec letter...
one problem
he started focusing on this one passion of mine... and it reached a page; he also touched on one or two of my other activities, but he said that admissions offices have a LOT to read so he didnt want to make the letter longer, and decided not to put my officer positions for my clubs, etc...</p>
<p>O_O</p>
<p>i just found out somewhere online that oclleges use the teacher rec to compare your extracurricilar activities.. ro something</p>
<p>will it look bad if i said i was president of x, y and z, but my counselor didn't even talk about y and z, and for "x" didnt even say I was president? O_O i gave him my entire resume!!! and he only decided to write about some of the stuff... and he knows im in all of them because ive known him for 4 years, and were pretty close</p>
<p>also... until now ... i thought it was "OK' because he said taht counselor recs were to give the admissions office a portrait of who i am, a recommendation only.. but im freaking out! he didnt say anything abuot my officer positions or like about half of my ec activities. i know its too late! but omg im so scared.. what should i do? should i contact counselor + admissions office and let them know that all my activities CAN BE VERIFIED? or just wait????</p>
<p>if i were you i wouldn't worry because if you're from a large public high school like me then your counselor rec is generic and colleges know about this.</p>
<p>But would it look bad for me?? i mean my counselor went out of his way to write a reallie good letter, specifically focusing on an academic talent of mine O<em>O but neglected to mention ANYTHInG about office positions, main clubs im in... and that im editor for newspaper.. he KNOWS it O</em>O but he says he already wrote too much T_T omg akda;kdasd</p>
<p>Don't worry, you'll be fine. Echoing what Farock said. I'm sure you mentioned some of those activities in most of your applications, and that's significantly more important because it comes directly from the horse's mouth, so to speak.</p>
<p>My school just told us to include a resume with our application. I wouldn't worry about it, if anything looks fishy, the school will call gc to verify extracurriculars. Also, your schools will probably realize that your gc has a lot of recs to write and can only touch on certain things, and those sometimes briefly. Your gc probably elaborated on whatever aspect of yourself he thought would help you the most in getting in. Good luck, and of course, if you're close with your gc, talk to him, too. :)</p>
<p><em>< thanks for the replies i slightly feel more reassured sigh .. this wait is KILLING ME. OMG T</em>T i wish i can crawl into a hole until decisions come out</p>
<p>I know the feeling, waiting_waiting. Personally, I wish I could crawl into my mailbox. I spend all my time checking it anyway. I want to know now, and the fact that it's Sunday and there's no mail today is making me more impatient. O well...it's only a metter of weeks now. All for the best.</p>
<p>You worried too much. There are many facets in the life of each individual. No letter of recommendation or essay or resume is expect to be a completed description. A glass of water could view as half full or half empty. It is not necessary contradite.</p>
<p>i hate to start a thread that already exists but is there anything labeled</p>
<p>"post application trauma"</p>
<p>T<em>T "waiting</em>waiting" is all i do T<em>T i check my email like every 5 minutes O</em>O an dlog onto school application status websites every few hours even at school T<em>T not to mention every one is always pressuring you "whered u apply? whered u get in? where do u wanna go?" T</em>T esp. because ppl are already hearing from colleges T_T sigh</p>
<p>lol inverse, if you only knew me in reali life O<em>O i have a tendency to freak out O</em>O T<em>T sigh gahhh omg few more weeks... few more weeks of wating T</em>T</p>
<p>that rec letter is nothing compared to my teacher's failure. I went in to get an rec letter for ucla alumni and she allowed me to proofread the rec letter she sent to all my other privates (cornell, duke, usc) and guess what i found? ..... SHE PUT MY SISTER'S NAME for one of the sentences. She had my sister five years ago. I was in her one and only IB 0 period, and was in the top tier. I guess there goes my chances at privates. i hope that makes you feel better waiting_waiting!</p>
<p>Besides, good rec letters don't necessarily repeat all the stuff that you put on your own application. It's someone else's opinion of you and your accomplishments, so it's probably a very good thing that your GC chose to focus on a passion of yours. I think the fact that your GC wrote so extensively on this one passion of yours might even impress the adcoms because GC recs tend to be generic (especially at big schools where each GC handles hundreds of kids).</p>
<p>haha, yea...those expressions look....very asian. Are you an asian female? Everyone in Asia uses an extensive amount of =.= -.- 0.0.....etc. Just like how they smoke 5 packs per day. But thats another story.</p>