Reminding Teachers of Recs

Kentric
Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:56:04 +0000

I’m in the same boat as you. In the end, as long as you clearly communicated to them the fact that the recommendations are due on a certain date, and as long as they aren’t idiotic or anything, they should be able to send the recs before the deadline.

I personally don’t see a way of asking/reminding them without coming across as a bit rude, so I decided to not do anything. Also, my guidance counselor told me that only your part of the application (the most important part) must be in or postmarked by November 1st. Colleges usually don’t mind if your recs/financial aid information/test scores come later on, as long as they don’t arrive at the beginning of December or something. Just send the common app and the supplement and forget about the rest for now. If you get your pin # and realize at the end of November that your recs are still not in yet, that’s another story. By then, it might be time to tell the teachers to get a move on, regardless of how rude you might come across as.