<p>I am freaking out. I have all my materials in execpt for teacher rec #2. I applied RD. I asked my teacher the day before thanksgiving break if he would write the rec, and he happily aggreed. He even offered to do it in a week! I told him I didn’t need the rec til Jan, and 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, which I also applied to but Early Evaluation 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 Jan 1st. 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. Is Barnard going to hold this against me?</p>
<p>I think what I would do, is to get a copy of the letter of recommendation, or any other letter of recommendation you have on you, and mail it to the admissions office. This would be like a back-up plan. I think they’ll at least see that you attempted to ensure that all of the materials were received to the best of your ability.</p>
<p>I had issues with a BUNCH of stuff not going in before the deadline - counselor ED agreement (so they couldn’t see my ED agreement either), teacher letter #2 (which was going in snail mail, whole 'nother set of issues there), SAT, ACT.</p>
<p>I eventually got an email to the tune of “hey, we’re missing this stuff” and I emailed with the person in charge of my app (it was an awful, super long, panicked email) and she was really nice and accommodating (bear in mind this was ED, with a much shorter turnaround and more time pressure) and everything worked out in the end.</p>
<p>Send them an email if you’re worried, explain the situation. I mean, you can’t control the letter so just do your best to seem responsible and on top of it.</p>
<p>Thanks for your post! I am definitely planning on notifying my admissions counselor and telling her basically what has happened and that the rec is on its way. (He is submitting the rec online). My only concern is that it takes awhile for the college to process submitted information.</p>
<p>He submitted it!!! :)</p>