So I’m applying to a number of schools. Two of them are due OCT 15, and the rest NOV 1. I took the SAT on last week and am planning to take the ACT later. However, I took two SAT’s previous to this one. How can I ensure that the colleges recieve the SAT before Oct 15? The schools due Oct 15 are UNC-Chapel Hill and NC state, and when I went to collegeboard to send them it said that it will send them after the Oct SAT is graded, after the due date.
Also, how will I be able to send in the transcripts before Oct 15 as well?
A side question as well, in the common app, when it asks for teacher recommendation, is the recommendation the same for all schools? Im wondering this because I’m applying to about 10 schools and don’t want to bother her in filling out ten completely different recommendations. Thank you !
@johonmilla For UNC, you need to have your application submitted by 10/15 but your LOR and SAT scores can trail by about two weeks. I do not know what NC State’s policy is. It could be a hard deadline or it could be that they accept the scores after the “deadline” as UNC does. If you are trying to send the scores from the previous two tests, or at least one of them, you can select to have your score report sent now. I don’t recall what you have to click or unclick to disassociate the request from the score that you are waiting on but there is a way to do it.
Does your school use naviance? Your school will have to send the transcripts. Using common app, the teacher(s) will only have to submit 1 letter of recommendation each and then it gets uploaded with the transcript to each school. The teacher will only write the letter once. Have you requested this LOR yet?
Are you sure you want to apply early action to these schools? You can apply RD if you don’t have everything ready. Good luck!
@paveyourpath , Thank you! I hope the scores then will get there in time. Anyway, I’m not sure if my school uses naviance but i’m not sure that the recommendation comes with the transcript. I already requested it and on the common app I had to assign her to schools so she could write the letter.
@johonmilla Sorry, didn’t mean to imply the transcript would come with the LOR. Rather, the LOR and transcript are, generally, tracked and handled by the college counselors and it goes from naviance to the common app. If you are not sure, your school probably isn’t using naviance so you’d have to request the transcript from your school and some schools have deadlines as to when they want you to request the transcript in advance of the deadline. You will want to speak to someone at your school on Monday.
@paveyourpath , I talked to my counselor and they said she sends the transcripts since its through common app, so I guess they do use naviance. Thank you so much!
@johonmilla Great news! Good luck!!