Call my school, tell them to THROW AWAY a letter of rec?

Applying to College
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<p>If I call a school and they have not looked at my application yet could I just tell them to throw away a letter of recommendation that one of my teachers sent? </p>

<p>It wouldn’t be a big deal correct?</p>

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<p>I think it would be a red flag to admissions if you called and told them not to read a recommendation. I wouldn’t do it. If you signed the recommendation request stating that you will not open and read the recommendation and then you broke the confidentiality promise by reading it, your character comes into play. </p>

<p>You’re better off sending one or two additional recommendations and hope that the admission’s people will not place a strong weight to the one “not so positive” recommendation.</p>

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<p>ee yeah I agree, it would seem like a red flag, for the exact reasons nysmile mentioned.</p>

<p>You probably agreed not to read it. If you want them to ignore it, it sort of implies that you broke the promise and read it, regardless of if you did that or not.</p>

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<p>My professor never asked me to sign anything though.</p>

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<p>My reaction would probably be to immediately read it to see what the problem is.</p>

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<p>You may have signed the request through the guidance office and didn’t even realize it.<br>
I would not call admissions and tell them to throw it away. Not only will they not throw it away, they will most likely take that recommendation very seriously.</p>

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<p>“You may have signed the request through the guidance office and didn’t even realize it.
I would not call admissions and tell them to throw it away. Not only will they not throw it away, they will most likely take that recommendation very seriously.”</p>

<p>Wouldn’t it be pretty disingenuous of the college if they read it and read it extremely carefully after you told them not to?</p>

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<p>No. You sent it as part of your application. It’s theirs now to do as they please.</p>

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<p>Not only would they not throw it away, they’ll probably take it more seriously than if you hadn’t called. They may even call the recommender to find out more info about you.</p>

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I hope you’re not talking about Common App recommendations. That’s definitely not what you sign.</p>