<p>Hey guys, I'm fairly new to posting after a while of lurking. Could I get some help? Okay, I saw on a previous post that I could submit my common app without my teachers or counselors submitting there stuff on the common app. How does that work? If a assign them to a certain school and send the app, would it automatically send online without me having to do anything? Thanks for the help and for reading this!!!! :)</p>
<p>You fill in your common ap. Fill in the counselor email section. Fill in the names and email addresses of the teachers you want to “invite”. The common app sends them emails to fill in their part.</p>
<p>You finish your common app, pay the fees online and send it to the schools. You also must fill in and send the schools’s supplements if they have them.</p>
<p>Your teacher’s rec and counselor rec will automatically be sent to the schools you selected once they are inside the common app. </p>
<p>You will see the date that it was uploaded by the school so you know it got sent but you still need to check with schools to make sure it has actually made it to your file. This can take a week or so depending on the school and their computer system.</p>
<p>I’m in the same position and still don’t quite understand it. Do I have to wait for my teachers to finish the recommendations before I send the common app or can I send my part and the recommendations will get to the school once the teachers are finished with them?</p>
<p>I googled this to be sure since my son had all his rec letters in when he applied</p>
<p>This is from an older cc thread that a student got directly from the common app:</p>
<p>"In reference to School Forms, you are allowed to submit your online application before all your teachers or guidance counselors submit their school forms no matter whether they choose to do so online or on paper. The Common App system allows school forms to be submitted even after the application has been submitted.
Before you submit your application, please follow up with your teachers and counselors to ensure they will be able to complete and submit a school form or recommendation prior to the school’s stated application deadline. You will not be able to make changes to the teacher/counselor list after you submit your application with the exception of resending the notification to your teacher or counselor. "</p>
<p>So that means if for some reason a teacher you assigned does not get their rec in then you cannot assign another teacher since your application is gone. You would have to check with the school what to do if you then needed another teacher to send a rec.</p>
<p>Thank you! Really helped me out!</p>