<p>Absolutely check with each school that everything is received especially items sent by others. My friend's S got a postcard in February from one college stating that one teacher recommendation had not been received. No other school notified him of missing materials! The teacher in fact had not sent the recommendation to any of the schools, including his EA school from which he had been deferred. Big mess with the teacher and school but finally recommendation sent, albeit very belatedly. When my friend called each school to check on whether the recommendation had been received, she found out that one school had not received the SAT scores from the College Board! Even though they paid the College Board to send the scores to that school along with all others. Of course, the College Board then sent the scores right away, and the school said they were using the self reported scores but still wanted the official scores. </p>
<p>He got accepted by that school and several other terrific schools. So it ended up fine for him in the end. I know it is difficult to check when the schools are so busy, but it really is necessary. All schools do not let students know when materials are missing.</p>