My D26 would like to get a few applications submitted in August. She is applying to a competitive major (BSN). A few schools on her list have rolling admissions and strongly recommend nursing applicants submit early. None of these schools require a LOR – but at least one will accept up to two optional LORs.
Is it okay for her to submit her application without the optional letters? In other words, is optional truly optional? Or will it hurt her application?
As background, she attends a very large (4500+) public high school in a district with limited resources. Her teachers have been pretty clear that they will not have LORs done much before Nov 1. Also, for what it’s worth, I don’t expect her LORs will be anything special. She is a good student but flies under the radar.
Thanks in advance!