<p>In the mail today I just received a letter for a parent recommendation. Should my parents do this and does this mean I did not get to the Richmond scholars semi-finals?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure everyone that is regular decision is going to get one, I don’t think it means your application isn’t good enough or anything. They still havent sent out all the scholars notifications yet, so you still have a chance</p>
<p>we got one too-it is specifically addressed to your parent or guardian</p>
<p>My parents got one in the mail as well, does anyone know how heavily they consider it and does it look bad if you choose not to send one? Even my parents admit that any recommendation they send really is not going to add much to what has already been said in my application.</p>
<p>S is a Richmond Scholars semi-finalist and we received the parent letter mailing, so there is no relation between the 2. The letter says that if you do not send a letter, it will not impact your s/d’s chances for admission. It is purely optional.</p>
<p>So if you don’t receive a letter asking for a rec, it’s probably a bad sign…?
D applied Reg Decis a few weeks ago.</p>
<p>Maybe it has something to do when you applied. My D applied Dec 1. You may still get one.</p>
<p>My oldest D is a Richmond scholar. I received and wrote the Parent Recommendation form for her when it arrived, several years ago. I don’t know if it was “icing on the cake” but she did get invited to the interview weekend and was awarded the scholarship. While her teacher recommendations covered what they know about her academically and in school social environment, I was able to speak to her less public attributes, motivations and the magic I saw between her and UR. 2 years later, I see it all came to fruition. She is very happy at UR and has had opportunities that are very enriching. She was accepted to many other highly ranked universities… but only UR offered her full tuition scholarship. They have been incredible in the opportunities they have given her. Hang in there… it is well worth the wait and extra effort to submit a parent reco and other extra materials they request. :-)</p>
<p>Still no letter requesting parent rec. Uh oh.
Any other RD applicants out there that haven’t received a request for a parent rec?
Trying to figure out what this means, and bracing for the worst…</p>
<p>There is a family friend in the same boat. Odd. I can’t imagine they wouldn’t invite all applicant parents to do this. Perhaps we can blame the USPS.</p>
<p>I was accepted EDI last year and my parents never received a request for a recommendation from Richmond, so it must not be necessary!</p>
<p>Do not worry…our daughter is a student at UR, we rec’d the request for her but our son has applied and no letter yet. I know for a fact they are sent to all parents for regular decision (don’t know about ED).</p>
<p>Thanks, investor, for that piece of info. Will try not to worry!!!</p>
<p>I just got the letter today requesting a parent recommendation. It seems VERY late but my dad will get it done tomorrow. did anyone else get the request this late??</p>
<p>Still waiting (and hoping) for this request.</p>
<p>Horus, I would try and call admissions. They may have forgotten to send yours out, or you can just ask them what needs to be on the letter, copy it down, and write a letter w/o getting a letter in the mail. You may have to do it fast if you want them to read it before making a decision on your son/daughter</p>
<p>Thanks Ramsxc813. Looking at previous posts, it appears that Richmond sends these letters requesting a parent recommendation to all RD applicants, but some people have not received them and some received them only recently. If there’s a snag with the mailings, Richmond will never know I guess, since the recommendations are optional.
I just spoke with admissions – they said they mailed out the letters to all applicants over a month ago, and the deadline to reply was 3/1. They said we could email in a rec anyway – but it doesn’t really matter because it doesn’t affect your file.(!)</p>
<p>It can’t hurt your file, but it certainly allows the parents to share a side of their child that maybe hasn’t been seen yet. In my opinion, it can only benefit an applicant. If nothing else, it shows that they care enough to have their parent(s) take the time to also display interest in their child attending UR.</p>
<p>My parents’ letter arrived just today.</p>
<p>My letter indicated the due date was March 10</p>