Why hasnt my college downloaded my common app yet

Tomorrow, please send a kind reminder if you haven't done so already. You can actually request the letter of rec through the common app after you sent in your app. Also yes, you should submit your app on time and trust that your teacher will upload your rec letter soon.

Colleges won't penalize you for a late rec letter. The same thing happened to me and a friend of a friend. The same thing happened to me and a friend of a friend. I learned that many teachers wait until the last minute in case students add or take away colleges in the last minute.

I also, in my panic checked everywhere to see if commonapp had said anything about this and they have said that submitting your app with out letters at the time of submission wont penalize you, as long as you get in all the materials by the school's document deadline.

Teachers can still add on letters to an application after you submit it, allegedly. And yes also make sure to give them a polite reminder incase they simply forgot.

How do I assign my recommenders? How do colleges get my official transcripts? Don't see what you're looking for? What do you do? Could you post this great question in the CollegeMapper Forum? Best, Susanna. Your email address will not be published. By Susanna de Chenonceau October 8, 3 Comments.

Alternatives to the Common App:. In the meantime, here are some work-arounds for students dealing with essays, activities, payments and submissions on the quasi-functioning Common App: How to format your essay on the currently broken Common App CA4 :.

Copy and paste the essay into a brand new Word document. Copy and paste that into the essay box in the CA. Do not touch it — do not make any corrections where a sentence ends with one word on a new line and then the new sentence continued on the next line.

Leave it just as it is. Then print preview and the essay should look perfect. On your resume, circle your top ten activities, awards, etc. Or did you just misspell something? The rule of thumb here is to leave it be unless it is a mistake that will cause something to be missing from your application.

With the wrong SSN, colleges will not be able to find and identify you. Be sure to include your full name and your Common App ID so that they can easily locate your app. Calm down and be patient; at this point, freaking out and sending multiple emails will only worsen the situation.

But I think the stress of procrastination is keeping me from calming down.