Teacher still hasn’t submitted letter of recommendation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter asked a teacher for it by October 15 (all her apps where in by Sept 5). The teacher said "well the due date is 11/1" and still hasnt written anything. Luckily for my kid she had backups, so if the teacher never submits she doesn't care but it is very rude and God forbid my kid was relying on that.

Sounds like the teacher is planning to submit by the deadline. What makes you think you can demand any different?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter asked a teacher for it by October 15 (all her apps where in by Sept 5). The teacher said "well the due date is 11/1" and still hasnt written anything. Luckily for my kid she had backups, so if the teacher never submits she doesn't care but it is very rude and God forbid my kid was relying on that.

unless it's due October 15th, why ask for it by October 15th. There's a due date. That's the due date. Getting it in earlier isn't helpful. Maybe it is for your child's piece of mind but that's not how this works.

[Anonymous]

Because there is merit aid involved in getting an answer early. np. here

[Anonymous]

Not enough of you are recognizing that Rolling Admission means - the sooner a decision is made, the more likely the admittance, and the more likely a greater amount of merit aid. When the student has given the teacher months of notice and a asked that it be done by a particular date - either say no, or honor the student's date request.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because there is merit aid involved in getting an answer early. np. here

Unless you're talking about rolling admissions, they don't give you an answer early just bc you submitted early. They certainly don't punish you for a teacher meeting a deadline.

Get control of your anxiety.

[Anonymous]

I’m a director for a nationally competitive scholarship at a university. Every year, I’d bet that 80% of professor recommendations are not submitted until 48 hours before the deadline.

Most likely, they have it on their calendar. People have a lot to do and they procrastinate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not enough of you are recognizing that Rolling Admission means - the sooner a decision is made, the more likely the admittance, and the more likely a greater amount of merit aid. When the student has given the teacher months of notice and a asked that it be done by a particular date - either say no, or honor the student's date request.

We're not talking about rolling admissions. These are applications with fixed deadlines, and the PPS just need to find other ways to spend their time than punishing and badmouthing people due to their own anxiety

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s infuriating, college and medical school applications held up for months because teachers can’t take 5 mins.
Have your kid make an appt during office hours and sit there while they do it.
Teachers, do what you say you’ll do in a timely manner.

You really want a 5 minute recommendation?

Dear admissions committee,

This kid was not too bad. I’ve taught worse.

— bio teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not enough of you are recognizing that Rolling Admission means - the sooner a decision is made, the more likely the admittance, and the more likely a greater amount of merit aid. When the student has given the teacher months of notice and an asked that it be done by a particular date - either say no, or honor the student's date request.

OP says this is an EA school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not enough of you are recognizing that Rolling Admission means - the sooner a decision is made, the more likely the admittance, and the more likely a greater amount of merit aid. When the student has given the teacher months of notice and an asked that it be done by a particular date - either say no, or honor the student's date request.

very very few schools do merit or financial aid on rolling basis. getting things in by nov 1 is early enough, from a money POV. if you're applying to one of maybe 4 schools that give merit early - that was a discussion you should have had in the spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter asked a teacher for it by October 15 (all her apps where in by Sept 5). The teacher said "well the due date is 11/1" and still hasnt written anything. Luckily for my kid she had backups, so if the teacher never submits she doesn't care but it is very rude and God forbid my kid was relying on that.

It’s rude? Really?

That teacher is doing your daughter a favor. The deadline is 11/1, not 10/15. The teacher is NOT late, and the teacher doesn’t have to abide by your arbitrarily set deadline.

Also, you say your daughter has backups? How many teachers did you inconvenience, especially if you don’t plan on using their letters?

And you call the teachers rude? Wow.

[Anonymous]

I wish schools would get rid of teacher recommendations. For all of you that want to complain about bias from tests, let’s talk about recommendations!

My kid also asked a teacher who said yes and now we wait at close to the deadline and only hope it gets done in time. Luckily they applied to many schools that don’t require any teacher recs but unfortunately their top choice does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish schools would get rid of teacher recommendations. For all of you that want to complain about bias from tests, let’s talk about recommendations!

My kid also asked a teacher who said yes and now we wait at close to the deadline and only hope it gets done in time. Luckily they applied to many schools that don’t require any teacher recs but unfortunately their top choice does.

And that recommendation isn’t late. The teacher still has a week. Why assume the worst of the overworked teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter asked a teacher for it by October 15 (all her apps where in by Sept 5). The teacher said "well the due date is 11/1" and still hasnt written anything. Luckily for my kid she had backups, so if the teacher never submits she doesn't care but it is very rude and God forbid my kid was relying on that.

It’s rude? Really?

That teacher is doing your daughter a favor. The deadline is 11/1, not 10/15. The teacher is NOT late, and the teacher doesn’t have to abide by your arbitrarily set deadline.

Also, you say your daughter has backups? How many teachers did you inconvenience, especially if you don’t plan on using their letters?

And you call the teachers rude? Wow.

+1

[Anonymous]

recommendations are one of the parts that are least cheat-able.

they're due when they're due.

the idea that a student would make up a deadline for a teacher is really bizarre to me. entitled, arrogant, annoying, gross. clueless .. all those things plus plus