I have been hyper organized about my grad school applications. I asked my recommenders at the end of the summer to provide recommendations and registered them on the online systems at the beginning of Oct. All 3 were very helpful in providing advice and support. In early Nov, I mailed the remaining information including stamped and addressed envelopes and deadlines for each program. 2 weeks later, I followed up by email to confirm the receipt of all of the materials. All acknowledged receipt and confirmed that they would have everything in by the deadline.
2 of my recommenders responded promptly and submitted all of their materials by the beginning of Dec. However, the third has not submitted anything and the first set of deadlines was Dec 15th. She last emailed me the week before the deadline that she had set aside time to do everything. However, now the deadline is past and she hasn’t done it.
How do I tactfully approach her about it? I don’t want this to ruin my chance!
Leslie
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There isn’t really any tactful way around it. You simply contact her and say, “Sorry to be so hyper about this, but one of our deadlines is already passed, and I need that information submitted if I am to have a chance at grad school.”
The only other possibility is to find a new recommender, but it’s getting pretty late for that.
Hope she comes through for you!
The importance of someone else who could do it has not been done if there is anything you can do to help herhim get it in case the importance of it done and stress the importance of someone else who could do to help herhim get it done if there is anything.
My recommendations done the schools you are coming up really soon and then had just wondering when you are coming up really busy right now with exams to mark and then had that sucks what horrible thing to abrasive about it.
