Wait list Help

Applying to College
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<p>Okay so I wrote up a letter to send, I have another teacher recommendation, and my guidance consoler is sending my 3rdQ grades as well as his own recommendation. The problem is I haven't sent my stuff yet and I'm wondering if it is getting too late.</p>

<p>My father also wants me to talk to a politician about getting a recommendation. I don't want it though because I'm a little prideful and I don't want to ask people I don't really know for help, and I also read that it can be bad if he just writes a letter from things I tell him or show him. But my dad, like other parents, wants me to get into college no matter what. Any suggestions?</p>

<p>I was thinking about sending my stuff first and seeing how it turns out, but eh... idk.</p>

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<p>If the politician doesn't know you well enough to write about you on his or her own, it won't have any effect- in fact, it may be perceived as name-dropping, which is the LAST thing you want to do.</p>

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<p>Send in whatever you can, it can't hurt. Do it now though; soon, if not already, the colleges will be getting their rejections of acceptances and looking at the wait lists.</p>

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<p>For the letter about the wait list, should I write about my interest in the school, new activities I've participated in, or both. Right now I wrote about both and it is two pages, but my aunt thinks I shouldn't talk about the new activities and it is too long.</p>