<p>She rushed to finish a letter for my ED school, Cornell. I got rejected. Then, she wrote a more specific/better one for Columbia. But her old one is getting send to Penn, because of the stupid common application. I’m wondering if she could just fax the new recommendation letter in and tell them to ignore the old one?</p>
<p>she only knows me for a year. so will her recommendation will a big difference? she is really busy as we only have 3 guidance counselors and i had already taken a lot of her time with the american application process already. I don’t want to take up more time if its not going to make a big difference. (my teacher recs are great)</p>
<p>Yes, she could send in the new one, and you should ask her to do so. The GC recc is very important.</p>
<p>Can she just sign the letter and fax it to the school? does she have to explain why she’s switching the letters?</p>
<p>can the format be like:
Penn CAS
Name<br>
Birthday Address</p>
<p>“I waiver my rights” My signature</p>
<p>(the new letter)</p>
<p>Her signature</p>
<p>She should know what to do.</p>
<p>the problem is that she doesn’t. i’m international. Its her first time dealing with american applications.</p>
<p>I’d suggest that she fax the letter asking them to use the new, more detailed letter to replace the old one she’d sent. She should make sure to include your name, school, and country.</p>
<p>Should the cover letter be just something like: please use the new rec letter and ignore the old one.
(does she have to explain why she’s switching the letters? I don’t want my GC to say that she rushed it for ED at another school. is there more subtle way to explain?)</p>
<p>a yes or no would suffice =)</p>
<p>can she change the letter on the common App? This kind of relates to my new question.</p>
<p>no she can. THat’s the bad thing about common app. </p>
<p>Ok, i guess i have to bug my GC again =P. Good thing i sent her a thank you note before the break. lol</p>