<p>My teacher/counselor recommendations and school reports have not been uploaded to my common app. I emailed them but they might not respond until after holiday break. Will am I be able to send them by mail apart from my application after the deadline, or is it gap year for me?</p>
<p>colleges usually have about a one month period after the deadline when they allow all other documents to be sent… as long as you submit the common app before the deadline, you should be fine. i’d schedule an appointment with your counselor as soon as you get back from break just to coordinate the effort and make sure all of your jazz is sent</p>
<p>I think they can still upload their parts after you submit. One of my daughter’s schools required first quarter grades for RD but her counselor had done her school report and transcripts for EA schools before the first quarter ended. So her counselor uploaded her first quarter report card under optional reports a day or two before break, and my daughter can see on the school portal that the report card has been received. </p>