<p>My teachers have mailed in letters of recommendation to all of my schools, but today I just found out (because my friend asked me about it) that the Common App requires the Common App teacher evaluations... The reason I missed out in this is because I haven't been looking on Common App for the requirements; I've been looking on the actual websites of the schools, where they specify their requirements for letters of rec - they don't mention the Common App teacher evaluation forms. </p>
<p>Does anyone know if I will still be a considered applicant at Cornell if I have good letters of rec, but no Common App evaluation form to go with them? My heart nearly skipped a beat when I saw this on Common App. </p>
<p>I also posted this question in the Common App section of CC, but I wanted to ask it here because Cornell's my top pick, so I can keep it specific to this school here. </p>
<p>Teacher evaluation? Teacher recommendation forms?
Oh so your teachers submitted a form, but not the form off the commonapp.
It might hurt your application a bit, but as long as they still are recommendations you are okay.
shouldnt it show on the commonapp that ur school forms are not complete?</p>
<p>We didn’t submit teacher evaluation forms. The Common App still shows it as incomplete because my teachers physically mailed in the letters of recommendation. </p>
<p>However, some of my schools required their own evaluation form in addition to the letters. For these cases, I did so.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s too much of a problem. I remember my own battle with my high school counselor and Cornell admissions. She left the paperwork sitting on her desk for weeks until it was basically “too late” to send everything in. I called the admissions office and they told me that so long as all of my personal materials (app+essays) were in on time and as long as the teacher stuff didn’t arrive incredibly late, I’d be ok.</p>
<p>Long story short: Call the admissions office. See what they’d recommend. If they say they need it, ask your teachers to fill out the form and fax it to them. (Faxing is much faster than mailing and they’ll appreciate it more!)</p>
<p>Not a problem! The Common app would “like” teachers and schools to use their forms. Being different, after all, defeats the essence of the common app. But if a teacher sent something different, it doesn’t matter. The colleges will be reading the content, not the format of your recommendation.</p>