<p>I know the answer to the question is WAIVE THEM.</p>
<p>However... I did not realize this was common wisdom, so I did not waive my rights. My recommendations are already sent out to about 75% of the schools that I'm applying to. How big of a deal is it that I did not waive my rights? Neither my 2 teachers nor my counselor objected or made any comment about it. Would schools be willing to accept a revised copy of my recommendations in which I have waived my rights?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>It’s not that big of a deal, but it sort of drops the credability of your recommendations since to not waive your rights mean that there is a chance you could have seen your recommendations (this is what colleges think).</p>
<p>My counselor emphasized a LOT of waive our rights for them and once you make a decision, you can’t change it.</p>
<p>Schools probably won’t accept a revised copy since this is a permanent decision.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t freak out. Like musiclover said, it only drops credibility nominally. After all, you wouldn’t be able to view the recommendation letters until AFTER you enroll. I guess they’re just concerned that maybe you could extort your teachers or something if you had access to what they had written. Actually, that sounds ridiculous, so I’m not really sure why they do the whole waiving the rights thing at all…</p>
<p>I guess you could call up the colleges and tell them that you’re not going to request access, but that would just highlight what might otherwise be viewed as an innocent mistake.</p>
<p>Just relax. You’re fine. No big worries.</p>