<p>hey so i turned in my counsiler rec packet and everything about a month ago like earlier then everyone else at my school. And last week i went to see my counsiler b/c i need them turned in to some colleges by nov1, and she said ya they’ll be out… but im scared shes going to forget or something so should I go back ino school today and ask her again. Also some of the schools I applied 2 r rolling…</p>
<p>ahh im confused/ mad/scared…</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>it doesn’t hurt to ask her again</p>
<p>let her know or gentlly remind they are rolling, say you got an email or something</p>
<p>When you gave the packets, did you also give her the dates that the collees need the info? If the colleges are rolling, you can let her know that you’d appreciate her sending the info as soon as possible so you app can be complete and there’s space still available.</p>
<p>Have you also finished your part of the apps? Some counselors understandably don’t do their part until students have finished completing their part. That’s because counselors and teachers have gotten burned by students who say they plan to apply to colleges, then teachers/counselors do the reccs, send transcripts, etc. only to find out that the students have changed their mind.</p>
<p>The counselor also can do a much better job with her recommendation if she sees your essays and applications. My older son’s counselor sent all of the info together to the colleges to lessen the chances that anything would be misfiled. </p>
<p>If you’re applying on-line, you can still give the GC a copy so she can do an optimal job with her part of the app.</p>
<p>ya… m y schools extremely competitiveso they have a like format for how u turn in the packets u give them a copy of one of ur essays and put on the front of one of those huge yellow envelopes the colleges names and deadlines ect. and you have to submit this huge questionaire about urslelf as well as ur parents have to write about u… but i think im just going to go in early 2 marro and ask her…</p>
<p>It’s fine to ask her, but it may not be a big issue. It is critical that your own application materials arrive at the college (or are postmarked, depending on the individual college’s instructions) by the deadline. If recs, transcripts, test scores lag a little behind … that is ok, so long as your own primary application is on time. I am not aware of any exceptions to this, but there may be some schools which are and folks could post that here.</p>
<p>Many (most?) colleges will have systems for you to check online/automated phone which of your materials are in. So you can check back with the counselor at that point if something hasn’t arrived.</p>