Letter of Reccomendation Disaster

N_s_Mom
Mon, 23 Nov 2015 23:30:34 +0000

I don’t agree that you have to suck it up and live with it. Contact the schools that got these letter and tell them that they were submitted by mistake. Let them know that the correct letters are being sent to them by Teacher X and Teacher Y and you would appreciate it if they would update your application accordingly.

Then give Teachers X and Y envelopes that have been addressed to the schools to which their letters of rec need to go. Print out the teacher evaluation forms and fill in all the ‘name and address of the school’ stuff on the top so they don’t have to do this themselves. Then all they have to do is sign their names, check the boxes, and attach the letter.

If you need Teachers X and Z to send letters to a few of the schools, instead of X and Y, then just give those teachers the correct envelopes with the forms filled out.

Will this work in every case? Perhaps not - but most schools want you to put your best foot forward and if there is an error here, there is no reason not to try to fix it.