Hi all,
My school uses Naviance, and the guidance counselor is supposed to upload my teacher recs to common app. So I already asked for recommendation letters from two teachers. One teacher is still working at my school, but the other one has just moved to another school, so currently he is no longer in our school’s Naviance system. Therefore, my counselor said that they could not upload his rec letter, and I should email Common App Help Center to ask about my situation.
So I sent a question to common app, and here’s what they replied: "If you are a Naviance student and want to invite a teacher that isn’t apart of your Naviance school, you will have to invite them as an other recommender. Confirm that the College/s that you plan to add this recommender will accept the relationship of “Other” and you can assign the teacher as an “Other " for the relationship type.”
The “Other recommender” section is usually for optional recommendation letter (like those written by peers/ family/ coach, etc.). How could I indicate on Common App that it’s not an optional one, but one of the two main recommendation letters required by Common App? Or do I have to send an email to each of the colleges I applied to to explain my situation, and for them to accept the “other recommender” as my main one?
Thank you.