<p>I accidently didnt tell my teacher to address me with my legal name in her recommendation, so I’m in a bit of a quandary.</p>
<p>She moved away and does not teach at my school anymore, so I’d rather not have to hassle her and make her do it over again, just because of the name.</p>
<p>She has given me the recommendation to send to my schools myself and I know she used my american name.</p>
<p>I can either:</p>
<li>Ask her to redo it and replace my english name with my legal name</li>
<li>Just put my English name under the “Prefered name” box on the common app and hope colleges see that</li>
<li>Attach a note to the rec and tell them about my american name is on the recs.</li>
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<p>I want to avoid 1 if at all possible.</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Put the envelope with her recommendation in another envelope, and include a letter explaining that both names are referring to you. include as much identifying information so they know you're telling the truth (i.e. SSN, birthday, address, etc.) It shouldn't be a big problem :)</p>
<p>Okay thanks because Yale specifically states that the legal name should be carried throughout ALL the materials including recs.</p>
<p>ALSO, one of the colleges I'm applying to states, "Please be sure to remind individuals writing letters for you to include your name and date of birth on all pages."</p>
<p>Is it okay if ONE of my recs does not have that?</p>
<p>hmm, that's hard. let's see what everyone else has to say. personally, i think it'd be fine but definitely not preferable.</p>
<p>I think flybyzephyr's idea of putting your teacher's letter in an envelope with an explanation by you about your name - include both names, your date of birth, any other identifying information - is fine.</p>
<p>I'm sure it won't be a problem.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>