<p>okay so a few weeks ago i asked my teachers to write rec letters and send them off to stanford. however, i am just now starting to work on my stanford app (since it’s the most important one for me and i wanted to save it till last to make the the best), and i realized that the rec letters may have arrived before i submit my common app to stanford. in that case, what would they do with the rec letters? hopefully they dont toss them…?</p>