<p>I am freaking out. I have all my materials in (well guidance is faxing my first term grades in the next two days), execpt for teacher rec #2. I applied EE. I asked my teacher the day before thanksgiving break if he would write the rec, and he happily aggreed. I gave him information for my rec the day before christmas break, and he had no problem. So then I check on the common app, and I see that on January 1st, he hadn't even started yet! He started the day later on Jan 2nd. Then I ask him on Jan 3rd about the rec, and he said he was almost done and that he would finnish that day. It's been more than two weeks past the deadline! I asked him this week about it and he said "I'm on it, I'm on it". What should I do? I can't keep reminding him. He says he's on it, but time is really running out. I emailed the admissions office at Wellesley telling them the rec will be arriving soon, but I didn't hear a reply back. They can't read my app till they have everything in, and I applied EE. I really don't want this to negatively affect me, since this is out of my hands, and I submited everything I could physically do myself by the deadline.</p>
<p>Don’t email Wellesley, call them. They’re getting a lot of emails at this time so it might take days to a week to respond to your email, and even longer to get that message across to the right people. Call them as soon as possible.</p>
<p>I would also talk to your teacher once more. Don’t be scared of hurting his feelings or offending him; let him know that he needs to get this in or else it will seriously hurt your chances of getting in. (Just don’t be rude or offensive.) It is two weeks after the deadline and the time every part of your application needs to be turned in because time is running out/you’ll be moved to RD pile (if that’s possible?).</p>
<p>Do you have a good relationship with your guidance counselor? Maybe he could intercede on your behalf…</p>
<p>Thanks for the posts. I taked to my guidance counselor more than a week ago, and she said “ask him when it will be done by”. She really doesn’t do much, and has a “oh well…” kind of air about stuff like this. She hasn’t talked to the teacher at all about this.</p>
<p>RELAX! If your teacher sends the recommendation in by the end of the month, you’ll be fine. If anything, they are still finalizing the collection and filing of EE applicants for review by the board of admission. Teacher recs should probably be one of your lesser worries for Wellesley. As long as the concrete and vital aspects of your application are in, you’re good. They’ll most likely e-mail you to notify you if anything is still missing in the next few weeks.</p>
<p>He submitted it!!! :)</p>