<p>Most of the colleges that I'm applying to have deadlines around Jan 1-Jan 15, and I have 2 teachers that are kind of unfamiliar with the common app, and they said they finished the recommendations section except that it only says "started." I informed them about this but they still say they don't know what is wrong. I can't talk to them in school because I'm on break....Is it okay that they submit my recommendation a bit after the deadline?</p>
<p>Simply stated, yes.</p>
<p>Yes, teachers have a little leeway with deadlines.</p>
<p>In all likelihood, they forgot to click on “submit” once they were done. Or, they didn"t preview the generated .pdf and didn’t click on “yes it looks exactly like it’s supposed to”. If there’s no green check and they did all that, they need to contact the helpdesk asap.</p>