<p>I submitted my application to Harvard on Nov. 14th and my guidance counselor sent out all my school forms/recommendations on Nov. 16th. However, my online application status still says that Harvard hasn't received the forms/recommendations. I'd hate to make my counselor resend everything; I'm sure it wasn't her fault. Is there anything I can or should do?</p>
<p>Exact same thing here. I was just checking to see if anyone else was experiencing this.</p>
<p>Why don't you just call them and ask</p>
<p>You should tell your counselor to make a copy of everything before sending anything.</p>
<p>Their web site is pretty clear that they are "unable to check the status of individual applications" and they state they will accept faxed copies of missing documents. Therefore I was just trying to get a sense of if this is a common occurrence, in which case I will not hassle my guidance counselor, (at what is her peak time) to fax a copy of her letter and wait a short period to see if the letter shows up. If my situation is unique however, I will do the appropriate thing-- panic and beg for a letter to be faxed immediately.</p>
<p>This is fairly common- it's been only three weeks, and it often takes more time than that to acknowledge their receipt online. I'd expect it to be updated by the end of the month. But even if it doesn't, in the absolute worst case scenario, Harvard will contact you if they find there are parts of your application missing, and they won't penalize you if something got lost in the mail and you have to fax it in, even after the deadline. From my experience, most schools are very understanding about that.</p>
<p>harvard09: My counselor only sent copies--she filled out the forms once, copied them, and sent the copies.</p>
<p>Thanks, Admiral. The main reason I was wondering about this is that Cornell has managed to receive and process all my forms in spite of the fact that they're in the midst of ED application review. Since Harvard has no early admissions, I figured they would manage to process my application faster than a college dealing with ED.</p>