<p>Is it really bad if my transcript and rec letters are received before my application? I heard somewhere that the app is what creates your file, so the admissions people will throw out miscellaneous stuff they receive if you don’t have a file yet… Is that true?</p>
<p>Also, should I call or e-mail to ask if they have received everything?</p>
<p>When they get anything from you, regardless of what it is, they start a file for you. </p>
<p>Once NU receives your actual application, they will give you an ID number (if you hadn’t gotten one already) and password so that you can go online and check which of your application materials have been received and processed.</p>
<p>If you’d like to make sure they received your info, I know they’d get back to you via email within 2 days. They did it for me when I applied.</p>