<p>my teahcer spelt my last name wrong on my letter of reccomendation.
its a great letter, besides that.</p>
<p>should i worry about it? i really cant ask her to re do it.
it is the equivalent of my last name being Princeton and her spelling it Princton twice</p>
<p>HELP</p>
<p>This is not a problem at all.</p>
<p>you really dont think so?</p>
<p>im so worried, thanks! haha</p>
<p>Really, no problem. There was a post a few weeks ago from someone who found that a teacher had put the wrong name entirely in the rec (like David instead of Mike). Now, that’s a problem. Simple spelling errors in a rec, whether in your name or otherwise, are a non-issue. Your situation doesn’t create any doubt that the teacher knows you and understands that the rec is specifically about you, so you’re fine.</p>
<p>It depends. If she mailed it to a college - they might have difficulty matching the letter with the misspelled name to the real you. If she attached the letter to some type of cover sheet that had your correctly spelled name, address and date of birth - I would not be too concerned. But if the letter was the only piece of paper in the envelope - and your last name is spelled wrong - I would ask her to send it again with your last name spelled correctly. Otherwise - it might get matched to your file - it might not.</p>
<p>niceday - you are missing the point. The college has to match the letter to his file. If the last name is spelled differently - they might not realize it is for the same person.</p>
<p>no, the envelope is going to be sent with all of my stuff that i give to my guidance counselor (student report, etc)</p>
<p>No problem.
Don’t forget to write her a nice thank you note!</p>
<p>Ok - here’s the thing. The envelope arrives at the college. Everything is separated and scanned. It could work out just fine - but if the letter gets separated from the rest of your file - they may have difficulty determining whose digital file it belongs in - since the last name is spelled differently. One solution is to simply put a typed label with your correctly spelled name and date of birth at the top of the letter. Again, I’m not terribly bothered by the misspelling itself - but you have to realize colleges get thousands of pieces of mail and things get mis-filed. The best way to do mailed teacher recs is to have them put your correctly spelled name, birthdate and address on the letter - that way - you are ensuring it will be matched up to your file.</p>
<p>good advice, thanks guys.
i think i was stressing way too much</p>
<p>“Letter of reccomendation”???</p>
<p>You didn’t learn how to spell from this teacher by any chance?</p>
<p>no need to be an a hole. its called a typo</p>
<p>Stay calm. The spelling error reflects poorly on the teacher- for a nanosecond. That’s all. It is not fatal. I saw one where the recc said what a great candidate the kid was for school x- and this was school y. He was still accepted.
Adcom staff is pretty savvy about figuring things out. Worst case, they call your school and clarify. Ok?
Btw, the spelling error will, we all hope, be countered by a greatly written, positive letter about you, your accomplishments and your character.</p>
<p>Stop spazzing, it will be fine.</p>
<p>Well, sorry, but you did misspell it the same way twice, and in a post whose purpose was to bemoan someone else’s lousy spelling …</p>
<p>Hope your teacher didn’t call you an a-hole when you pointed out her spelling error.</p>