quick common app question

Transfer Students
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<p>i'm sure i'm just braindead today or something, but i was just wondering if it was okay for me to have my professors send in recs/my high school send in my transcript BEFORE i submit the common app. does the school even know i'm applying if i havent submitted any kind of basic information to them yet? or will they make a file for me as soon as they receive the paper materials?</p>

<p>sorry if i'm slow, but the first time around in the app process i didnt use the common app and all the applications had a part 1 that was due asap and part 2 you could take your sweet time on, so that when your paper materials were sent in you already had a file going due to filling out part 1. but the common app doesnt work that way, so if anyone could tell me anything it would be great! thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Most schools will open a file as soon as the first document is received, be it a recommendation or otherwise. You can submit the CommonApp or send in anything else at any time before the deadline; the order of items is irrelevant, so you're in good shape.</p>