<p>Alright, I'll keep this brief: I'm sure my teachers sent in their recommendations. 100% positive. But, of course, Columbia has them listed as being "not yet received / processed." So, my question is: any other applicants (who're sure their recommendations were mailed in) have this rec-status?</p>
<p>Same here. Naviance is apparently having problem these days sending over the recommendations to the colleges. I saw this from Columbia’s website:</p>
<p>“We are aware of the current technical challenges with the Naviance system. If your school uses Naviance to submit students’ credentials, we will accept letters of recommendation and transcripts after the November 1st Early Decision deadline. It is not necessary to alert us if your credentials will arrive after your application or to fax duplicate copies.”</p>
<p>I also asked my counselor and she said to give them a week or so before e-mailing/calling.</p>
<p>I got my tracking ID today.</p>
<p>At my school teachers send their recommendation letters by mail. Only GC send it through Naviance. They received the stuff from my GC. But on Commonapp it’s still yellow for “forms” which I assume still means they didn’t receive the teacher recommendation letters. That is weird especially since I live in NYC…so it should have reached them. :S …Ill wait till Nov. 10, when we could actually use the tracking IDs, then if they say they still didn’t get the recommendation letters, Ill call them.</p>
<p>Woah! Wait up…what is the difference between:</p>
<p>“Teacher Evaluation” and “Teacher Recommendation 5B”?</p>
<p>They received the first one and not the second one…?</p>
<p>Where is the link to actually get ONTO your account? -_-</p>
<p>did you guys all apply early? i got my tracking id and doesn’t it say that ed applicants can’t check their app status until after november 10 or something?</p>
<p>It’s not supposed to be up until the 10th, but there is a link to track your application if you look hard enough. For me it said that my teacher rec’s and ED form had not yet arrived (both were mailed out via snail mail)…</p>
<p>The link is <a href=“Admissions | Columbia University in the City of New York”>Admissions | Columbia University in the City of New York;
<p>I’m guessing the tracking ID will tell you what they downloaded from Commonapp, and will not update until the 10th for things that were sent by mail?</p>
<p>Hm… for me it says NOTHING except my application fee has been received??</p>
<p>I guess I should just wait until November 10th like the email with my ID instructs. I don’t want to get too ahead of myself here… there’s so many documents they have to process, they probably won’t show up until at least the 10th anyway.</p>
<p>yes, I did just answer my own question… hehe</p>
<p>@ Silence1113</p>
<p>My school (also in NY state) does the same thing. Online guidance counselor recommendations, paper teacher evaluations. It’s a pretty convoluted system, and for the sake of 2016’ers I hope we do away with it.</p>
<p>Good question though: what’s the difference between the recommendation and evaluation rows on the tracking site?</p>
<p>Yeah I’m thinking that the recommendation letter is the letter that your teachers wrote for you, and the evaluation forms is that form with all the boxes from Commonapp But in that case, my teachers sent their letter and evaluation forms in the same envelope…so I don’t get it…</p>
<p>Photographer, are you talking about the Common App website or Columbia’s?</p>
<p>Like Silence 1113, I am also confused as to why Teacher Evaluation has been received but not Teacher Recommendation 5B?</p>
<p>@Light Airen: We are talking about Columbia’s.</p>
<p>for me in my common app it says under school forms for all recommendations: “Downloaded by College”- so obviously Columbia has downloaded my recs… it also says, under “School Report”- downloaded by college. However, when I tried tracking with the link provided my “Teacher Eval” has been received but not my “Teacher Rec 5b” … and neither has my transcript. Everything I submitted has been received and processed; I guess they’re just putting stuff together and processing.</p>
<p>Nevermind, found it.</p>
<p>They only received my application fee? T_T</p>
<p>Though on Commonapps my school report and teacher evaluations are all downloaded by college, but only fee is received on Columbia’s tracking website…>.<</p>
<p>Just wait until the 10th, which is when Columbia says to check the status. If everything has not been processed by then, thats when you can start worrying</p>
<p>Aaaand looks like the loophole was closed. I can’t track my application anymore – instead I get a nice note telling me to check back the 10th. Oh well.</p>