<p>What will colleges make of 3 recommendations, two of which have the waiver signed but one does not?</p>
<p>If your teacher wants you to see it, why don't you just sign it anyway? my teachers all made me proofread their letters and i personally delivered the evaluations to my GC, but i still signed the waivers!</p>
<p>that kind of defeats the purpose...</p>
<p>Sign all the waivers, or colleges will be suspicious (teachers can write more freely if they know you won't read them, thus be more candid. Though in practice, many teachers let students see the rec before sending, regardless).</p>
<p>i know, the thing is, i think i might have forgotten to sign one of them...</p>
<p>You'll be fine...not a problem.</p>
<p>Waiving your right to view the rec is JUST for the teacher's safety.</p>
<p>The right is only about viewing your rec AFTER you get accepted. It doesn't say you aren't allowed to see it. If the teacher wants his rec to remain confidential at all times, for ever and ever, he might not accept to write you one unless you sign the waiver.</p>
<p>This way, colleges will know if they can show it to you after you enroll.</p>
<p>ahh, so no effect on admissions?</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry over not waiving rights to see recs. Teacher's who don't want to write a positively bad reference, know how to word it in a way that it will be read by the college in a less-than-possitive light, even though the reference may not actually seem that bad.</p>
<p>I personally forgot to waive my rights, had a bit of a panic, thinking they would be dismissed as useless by colleges, but after speaking to my guidance councellor over here in the UK, found out that to someone who reads a huge number of references, it is easy to distinugish between the truly positive ones, and the average student ones.</p>
<p>I waived my right because I wanted the colleges to know I had nothing to worry about. I trust that the teachers that agreed to write me recs will write good ones.</p>
<p>No effect....especially since you have 2 others that are waived.</p>
<p>i see, thanks for everyone's post</p>
<p>AdmissionsDaniel
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Location: Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Let's settle this debate simply...</p>
<p>IT DOES NOT MATTER</p>
<p>The question about waiving your rights is on the Common App not the JHU App. The reason because we do not think it is a necessary question.</p>
<p>We assume that all counselor recs and teacher recs are written honestly, truthfully, and providing us all the information we need -- whether a student waives their right or does not waive their right. We really would hope that a counselor and teacher would still write the most honest rec. letter even when a student does not waive their right. No matter, we just don't look at that when reviewing applications.</p>
<p>Plus, if we ever need more information, we will pick up the phone and call your counselor or teachers. We will get the information we need.</p>