what's a girl to do?!!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Princeton University
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<p>BAD NEWS.....my chem. teacher who did my common app. rec's for oberlin, vandy, brown, and princeton printed out a copy of the letter for me to use for a scholarship. i was skimming through it later on....sounded pretty good but i got to the third paragraph and started reading about things i had no idea i had done....b/c I HADN'T DONE THEM! he got me mixed up w/ someone else i guess (he does tons of recs) and so there's a whole paragraph that ivy league adcoms are probably reading right at this moment about me chairing this committee and going to that conference and being NHS vp....and it's all total BS and they totally know it, having my 4 page long brag sheet handy which definitely doesn't include any of those things....</p>

<p>so i don't really know what to do except get him to print a corrected version and mail it in to those places with a written explanation/apology..... AAAAH! i am so upset. i realllly hope it doesn't reflect poorly on me..... i mean, they must be aware that students technically aren't even supposed to read their rec letters.... but just the fact that i chose a recommender who did such a sloppy job.... and what if they think i'm trying to make stuff up so i'll look good? ...........</p>

<p>suggestions? tears of sympathy? reassurement (is that a word?)?.... any of that would work....please reply!</p>

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<p>reassurance is a word :)</p>

<p>i don think its your fault. if you listen to the devil just let it be, but if they find out in the future that your apps and your recce doesnt tally, you might get into trouble. expelled or whatever. but the chances are low.</p>

<p>second, you could email them now to rectify the problem. explain. but it might reflect badly on your admissions - you are so forgettable even your prof mixes you up. </p>

<p>i guess its up to u, darl!</p>

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<p>Thru hiker: Talk to the teacher, and your guidence counselor. What the teacher needs to do is write a second letter explaining that, while everything he said about your character/class performance stands, he had confused your extracurricular accomplishments with that of another student. Between the counselor and the teacher (who I'm sure will feel terrible about the mistake, and want to do anything possible to rectify it), I think a letter can be produced that corrects the mistake without giving the impression that you were a non-entity.</p>

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<p>haha! w. o. w. "reassurement".... i knew that couldn't be right. thanks, scandal-less.... "reassurance" most def. sounds more like it. that just goes to show how flustered i was....</p>

<p>thanks guys. i am at least somewhat reassured. i'll have him send a new letter w/ explanation tomorrow.</p>