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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Try to calm down - I'm a teacher and usually wait until the last week of October to send in my Nov. 1 recs because it is a very busy time of year. Grades are due soon and we're in the thick of DEVOLSON (the deep evil vortex of late September, October, November). I have even sent mine in a couple of days late before due to glitches in Naviance. Never once in my 11 years of writing rec letters has this been an issue.[/quote]

It would make sense to get the rec letters done in September before it gets busy so that the students aren’t freaking out in late October.[/quote]

Seems like some of this problem could be solved by writing them in August.  At least with my kid, the requests (and the personal question sheet with electronic answers) went out in the spring.

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Except— teachers don’t get paid to work in August, or at least not until the end, when they have crammed full schedules to get their classroom up and running. They are on summer vacation.   Sitting at the beach with their kids.

I am not a teacher. But respect teachers enough to not be a snot.  No, they don’t have to write the letter over their vacation, or by the end of September, because you are a control freak.  They need to write it and submit it by November 1.  It isn’t November 1. They aren’t late. And if I was a teacher, I would submit all my 11/1 letters at the same time.  Because kids talk and parents talk, and I would not want to deal with Laral’s letter being in and hearing from Larlo’s mom because his is not.  They have another week. Chill out. They know it’s due.

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Teachers are welcome to say no if they don’t want to write recommendation letters. However, once they have said yes, it is their chosen duty to follow through in a timely fashion. Every college has said to be sure not to submit your application at the last minute, but teachers who stall don’t leave students a choice and make them look irresponsible. [/quote]

Teachers aren't welcome to say no.  It's part of our job to write them.

Students don't submit the teacher's recs.  If your kid submits his application late, then he is being irresponsible.  If the teacher submits his rec late, then that reflects on the teacher.

If your child isn't mature enough to understand that, then maybe they aren't mature enough for college. [/quote]

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