Oh ok, you didn’t mention anything but October.
Then if you are honestly doing your due diligence, perhaps you need to mention it to the head of guidance or even head of your school about this issue. If it is only the end of term transcript and that has either just passed or is soon to pass, schools are well aware of this. If you are still waiting on recommendation letters, you will need to contact each school you apply to and ask if there is any other option at this point. They may be skeptical as to why this person is not writing a recommendation however, though I would tend to think if anyone wanted to truly sabotage your application, they would actually write an awful letter rather than ignore. It is a very busy time of year for school, summer, camp, job, scholarship applications so your counselor is likely quite overwhelmed. It certainly does not help you with that but, the only ones who can answer as to what you need to do are the schools you apply to.
Each school may have a different solution, some may be more lenient than others. You may want to approach them after you:
- remind the counselor again
- let the head of your school know of the issue
- approach another teacher asking if they would be willing to quickly turn around a letter for your applications IF the schools you apply to allow it as an alternative; this can be helpful when approaching your AOs in saying “I’ve tried XYZ, I reminded counselor and spoke with HOS, I have even checked in with my XXX teacher who would be willing to write a letter on my behalf in short notice if it was at all possible” something to that matter. Will they go for it? idk. Worth a try? At this point, anything is.