<p>My counselor wrote me a stunning letter of recommendation. Only problem is, not all of it is... well... true. I'm going to talk to her tomorrow, and obviously I will require her to fix the inaccuracies, because I'm an honorable guy, but here's the other problem:</p>
<p>I found one grammatical error, and it reads INCREDIBLY awkwardly. Now, my counselor is a great lady, and she says great things about me (true and otherwise). I don't feel right saying anything to her about the quality of her writing, but if this letter of recommendation is full of awkward phrases that I did not pen, will ADCOMS count it against me?</p>
<p>So yeah, I'm pretty nervous over it all, please offer your advice.</p>
<p>I had someone write me a letter that was grammatically incorrect in one place. There's nothing you can really do about it if you want to be honest about it being the product of THEIR writing... I don't think they will hold it against you. However, you can't submit something that is not true! Definitely definitely a huge no-no. Get that fixed by telling her which stuff is untrue and don't worry about how the letter is written.</p>
<p>Well for one, you're lucky to see your rec before she sent it in. Since it's her authentic writing, colleges can't penalize you for her poor grammar. If there's info on it that's not true then you should definitely tell her about it. The grammar... well I don't know if I'd have the guts to tell my counselor that her writing was bad, but when she goes over your rec again maybe she'll catch her mistakes. </p>
<p>"if this letter of recommendation is full of awkward phrases that I did not pen"</p>
<p>I hope you're not intending to cross off sentences...</p>