<p>Okay, what do I do? I asked two teachers in Oct for recommendations with a send/turn/in date of December 1. Neither one sent them. I have emailed my teachers; one said she would send yesterday and the other teacher hasn't answered me yet. I am freaking out since the requirement for scholarships is/was Dec 1. Everything else was in. Is there any leniency? Can I cancel my app and get $$$$ back. I really can't attend without any merit money and I am not going to get any need based FA. I cannot believe that my teacher has done this. My mother is livid and ready to freak out at the school on Monday. I have this teacher the rest of the year so I am afraid to go too crazy but basically he has ruined my life. Assuming I would get in and hoping for some $$$$$</p>
<p>I would ask your guidance counselor to give a call to Richmond and confirm that they have not received the letters yet. I think your application is fine because all the stuff you can control is there! Just stay on your teachers, and enlist the help of the GC to communicate your desire to attend and concern about the incomplete app. Good luck!</p>
<p>I second bibbist’s thoughts. And you follow up with a call to Admissions. So many CC questions can be resolved with a call to the Admissions Office. They are not evil people. They WANT to help you - at least when we went through this a year ago, the UR Admissions folks were kind, helpful and straightforward with answers to our questions.</p>
<p>I third the suggestions! Confirm that your recommendation was sent by the one teacher on Friday and then contact the admissions dept (and perhaps your guidance counselor can do the same) and explain the problem (date confusion?) and let them know the recommendation is on its way. Admissions only requires one recommendation from a guidance counselor, principal, or teacher so the second one isn’t necessary to consider your application complete.
That being said, if the only way you can attend Richmond is by getting a merit scholarship then you need to keep that in perspective. Richmond Scholars is a competitive/selective process and merit money is not easy to come by given the caliber of students they attract. Admissions takes a ‘holistic’ approach to the scholarship process, which means that they don’t just go to the smartest students (the Richmond Scholars anyway.) Thus, it’s hard to tell what you’re up against any given year (versus some schools that have benchmark academic standards that qualify you for scholarships.)
Go for it and good luck!!</p>
<p>mamwich, I would also use this as a moment to learn a hard lesson. When something is very important to you, and you have to rely on others, build in some extra time. If you had told your teachers a due date of mid-November, you could have followed up. If you then discovered that your recs had not been submitted, you’d still have time to follow up with your teachers and get it done.</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>I actually called admissions and they said they had everything they needed. Apparently they only need the counselors recommendation and they had that. I thought about telling my teachers an earlier date but didn’t want to look like I was lying when the recommendation sheet asked what the deadline was. I figured my only school that was Dec 1 was Richmond and they rest were Jan 1. I didn’t want to say Nov 15 or something and then all my teachers ask if I was applying early somewhere when I wasn’t. I figured I was making the choice not to lie and knew for the rest of my apps the date was Jan 1. I just hate lying and I hate having to bug teachers to do me a favor. Feel like I was pestering them. I wonder if this means I will get some leniency if I am a week late on assignments 
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<p>SPIDERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!</p>
<p>And yes, I do relax when I read Nellys message and admissions was great!</p>